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Black soldier fry production - EIP project video

Protein-rich feedstuffs such as soy or fishmeal are often imported. At the same time, there are enormous quantities of organic residues in Germany that are hardly ever used. However, the larvae of the black soldier fly can utilize a number of these organic residues and convert them into valuable protein. They are fed, for example, with harvest or peeling residues from a farm or residues from the regional food industry, such as spent grains or old bread. This makes them a sustainable, protein-rich and regionally produced feedstuff. Insects have also been approved as feed for aquaculture in the EU since 2017. In the "Sustainable insect production" project, regional insect production is being tested on a farm for the regional production of fish feed and tested in feed studies.