The project consists of a collaboration between 3 partners: KU Leuven Campus Geel, Thomas More Kempen en VITO:
Insects for food and feed have been an important research item for some time at the research group for Insect Production and Processing (IP&P) of KU Leuven, located on the Campus in Geel.
Numerous research projects are underway to examine, among other things, how insects are best stabilized prior to consumption or processing in foodstuffs. The research group for Insect Production and Processing (IP&P) conducts academic research with a very strong link to practice.
More information can be found under Welcome to the website of the Research Group for Insect Production and Processing – Research Group for Insect Production and Processing (kuleuven.be).
Numerous research projects are underway to examine, among other things, how insects are best stabilized prior to consumption or processing in foodstuffs. The research group for Insect Production and Processing (IP&P) conducts academic research with a very strong link to practice.
More information can be found under Welcome to the website of the Research Group for Insect Production and Processing – Research Group for Insect Production and Processing (kuleuven.be).
The Radius research group of Thomas More Kempen on the Campus in Geel has built up extensive experience in the optimization of insect rearing, with a specific focus on the use of residual flows. For example, during earlier projects, the black soldier fly and crickets were bred on a range of organic waste streams. The effects of these residual flows on the growth and composition of these insects was investigated. An intermediate step is required for the translation of this research to an industrial scale, i.e. the cultivation on a pilot scale.
More information can be found under RADIUS Thomas More – About
More information can be found under RADIUS Thomas More – About
VITO's Separation and Conversion Technology (SCT) unit has more than ten years of experience in biorefinery and valorization of wet biomass into its various components (proteins, fats, carbohydrates and minor components such as carotenoids, polyphenols).
During the FISCH-CHIT INSECT project, experience was gained in biorefining the larvae of the black gun fly into chitin, proteins and fats. The pilot-scale biorefinery of various insect species is the necessary next step to make this technology available to a wide industry.
More information can be found under Research | VITO
During the FISCH-CHIT INSECT project, experience was gained in biorefining the larvae of the black gun fly into chitin, proteins and fats. The pilot-scale biorefinery of various insect species is the necessary next step to make this technology available to a wide industry.
More information can be found under Research | VITO