Black Soldier Fly Organic Fertiliser (Frass)
Explore how our cutting-edge R&D practices, proprietary enzymatic waste pre-treatment technology and advanced manufacturing capabilities sets us apart from competitors
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Cutting-edge R&D in insect biotechnologies
At Insect Feed Technologies, research and development is the heart of our business model.
With more than S$1.5M invested over the last two years, together with in-house research labs together with field tests with leading expert partners, we strive to push the frontiers of scientific research of the black soldier fly.
Geared towards improving black solider fly production efficiency and effectiveness, our R&D seeks to identify new usages and applications for products derived from black solider fly larvae.
INVESTMENT IN ZOOTECHNICAL AND ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Designed to understand the life cycle of black soldier flies and develop commercially viable technologies to replicate its natural cycle in production facilities.
SUBSTRATE OPTIMIZATION RESEARCH
Creating innovative and nutritious feed required for larvae at each growth stage involves more than five types of organic waste substrates, such as food and agri-waste, to be evaluated with over 100 recipe permutations.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING RESEARCH AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
Partnerships formed to demonstrate and optimise product performances in animal and plant nutrition with The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Food Agency and customers (insect pet food manufacturers, shrimp farms, and more).
HIGHER EFFICIENCY
Our process increases overall production efficiency by minimising the amount of time and resources required to break down waste substrate by our insects.
REDUCED ODOR
By selecting enzymes to break down odorous compounds, we create palatable waste material for the larvae to ingest, significantly improving the environmental quality of the production system.
Doing so has achieved us the highest standards of environmental control for insect farming set forth by Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA).
HEALTHIER NUTRIENT CONTENT
Our technology enhances the nutrient content of the larvae, creating an attractive protein source for animal and plant nutrition.
UNLOCK NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Our capabilities widen our selection of food waste to feed insects by enabling us to break down complex organic compounds in waste materials produced by the palm oil industry.
Proprietary enzymatic waste pretreatment technology
Insect farming is seen as a profitable and viable option to transform organic waste materials into two product streams: insect protein and frass fertiliser.
Yet, the industry faces challenges regarding conversion efficiency where many start-ups reach their limits when working with high-nutrient food waste substrates, such as brewery grains and soybean residue, which merely amounts to a fraction of food waste produced by manufacturing industries.
Our technology and expertise in leveraging on enzymes empowers us to pre-treat additional streams of waste, like agri-waste, creating opportunities to tap on the one of the largest streams of organic waste produced.
Advanced manufacturing capabilities
By developing an array of systems encompassing hardware and software innovation, our deep expertise in advanced manufacturing makes it possible to facilitate farming insects in an efficient, cost-effective and consistent method on an industrial scale.
IoT-ENABLED SENSORS
More than 50 unique IoT-enabled sensors at any time for consistent monitoring of environment parameters and maintaining optimal conditions for insects to thrive.
ROBOTIC AUTOMATION
A production process unique and proprietary to us with automated processing, feeding and harvesting of larvae to limit the touch of human intervention.