March 25, 2021 — According to Bühler, the rate of global diet change will not be fast enough to sufficiently reduce CO2 emissions by 2030. And industry urgently needs to help create a more sustainable meat value chain.
Insects will play a key role in building more sustainable value chains for chickens and aquaculture, the company notes. This is a necessity if the industry is to provide sufficient protein to feed the balloon population.
Bühler is stepping up its commitment to ambitious goals that will help curb climate change. The company aims to reduce waste, energy consumption and water consumption in the value chains of its customers by 50 percent.
In order to deliver by 2030, both Bühler and industry must have scalable solutions by 2025.
Less agricultural land
“A key strategy to sustainably nourish the growing population of the planet is to reduce the arable land by more than a third. That way we would bring the carbon emissions within the planet’s boundaries. A major driver of both land use and CO2 production is human consumption of proteins, especially meat, ”says the company.
The considerable growth in non-animal meat alternatives, mainly made from plant-based products, indicates a strong desire to eat more sustainably from a climate change perspective, says Bühler.
One way to reduce the carbon footprint of meat is to use insects as feed, especially poultry and aquaculture.
Embedding insect production in the farming system unlocks the benefits of circular economy and inclusive business start-up by providing a source of protein from side streams, reducing ocean depletion by replacing wild catch for fish feed, and a source of low carbon protein -Footprint is provided for poultry.
“It is important that this can lead to a significantly reduced land use for feed production,” adds Bühler.
Insect ecosystem
Bühler, which provides insect growth and processing technology solutions to enable the conversion of organic residues into high quality insect-based ingredients on an industrial scale, says it will play a key role in developing this emerging industrial sector to reduce its carbon footprint of meat production.
The company has a larval storage system that enables insect rearing to be completely decoupled from processing and offers flexibility in the operating plan. Bühler’s technology has proven itself in field tests and is now ready for widespread industrial use.
After four years of close collaboration, Bühler and one of its partners, Protix, reached a milestone when the fully automated industrial fly processing facility for black soldiers in Bergen Op Zoom in North Brabant, the Netherlands, reached its full processing capacity.
This is proof of the insect industry and the successful conclusion of the joint venture between Bühler and Protix.
“I am pleased that Bühler is ready and able to address the insect market with proven technologies, and I am delighted with the pipeline of the projects that have been set up. I am looking forward to realizing new projects and thus achieving Bühler’s sustainability goals, ”says Andreas Baumann, Managing Director of the Bühler Insect Technology division.
“We believe that insect-based ingredients offer a new category of nutrition for the food system. Realizing such a new category requires a comprehensive ecosystem approach in which multiple parties work closely together, ”adds Kees Aarts, CEO and founder of Protix.
Edited by Gaynor Selby
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