Fly larvae protein in animal feed

Before tucking into a bacon sandwich, do you ever wonder what the pig you’re eating used to eat? Chances are that most of the meat you consume comes from livestock reared on protein sources such as soya. But there is an urgent need to increase supply of protein from sustainable, alternative sources. The European project PROteINSECT, in which Nuscience is participating, is researching whether insect larvae, grown on organic waste materials, could be a suitable protein source in feed intended f