Fly larvae can replace soybean meal in pigs

Black soldier fly larvae can replace soybean meal as a protein source in the feed of growing pigs, according to researchers in the Netherlands. Interest in insects as food and feed has increased dramatically over the last decade. Black soldier fly larvae are potentially a more suitable and sustainable protein source as they can be grown on waste and residual streams from food production, say the researchers at Wageningen University and Research and Leiden University in the Netherlands. They con