INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PLUG & PLAY INSECT FACTORY EMPOWERS CUSTOMERS
TO RECYCLE FOOD WASTE WITH INSECTS
The organic food waste of the
customer’s are recycled on site by being processed and prepared as feed for the insects.
The Robot Handling Machine
inserts the feed made from the organic food waste into pallet-sized trays. Then inserts seedlings (baby larvae) and empties the harvest-ready larvae from the trays.
Final step is the processing of the insect larvae
into protein powder and oils.
Moreover, the drying and pelletising of the remaining
substrate produces fertiliser.
Insect Larvae are fed on recycled organic food waste in
climatised environment. The insects are then ready to be harvested within seven days only.
Livin Farms has developed a highly scalable and modular construction system for fully automated insect factories for rearing insects. The Technology includes interface for processing organic food waste into insect feed stock, rearing, robotic insect handling and end product processing.
Livin Farms offers “Farming as a Service” to industrial customers. This includes a Plug&Play technology. In addition to bi-weekly baby larvae shipments as well as a monitoring and service component. Customers operate automatic Hive PRO technology to grow-out baby-larvae on-site within only 1 week then process them into high value end products for sale.
HOW DOES REARING WORK?
LIVIN FARMS DELIVERS SEEDLINGS
– Seedlings for insect production
– Delivery every 2 weeks
LIVIN FARMS DELIVERS SEEDLINGS
– Larvae feeding “rearing” on site
– 7 days cycle
CUSTOMER SELLS THE END PRODUCTS
– Harvesting and processing
– Selling of the end products
HIGH QUALITY INSECT-DERIVED
PRODUCTS MADE FROM RECYCLED ORGANIC FOOD WASTE
As per customer request, Hive Pro technology
delivers a variety of high quality insect derived ingredients made from recycled food waste with insects.
DE-FAT PROTEIN POWDER:
Characteristics:
– Balanced amino acid profile.
– Very good digestibility > 85%.
– Highly palatable.
– Adequate techno-functional properties.
Applications:
– In pet food products, given its nutritional profile and
hypoallergenic properties.
– In fish feed for high growth performance, a good
feed conversion rate, and a better gut health.
– In shrimp feed as an attractant for better feed intake.
– In broiler and pig feed for better nutrient digestion
and satisfactory productive performances.
FAT:
Characteristics:
– High in lauric acid that has antibacterial and antiviral
properties.
– Easily digestible source of energy.
– Naturally palatable.
– Simple integration into products.
Applications:
– In piglet feed for improved feed intake and better
gut health.
– In broiler feed with satisfactory productive
performances and overall
DE-FAT PROTEIN POWDER:
FAT:
Characteristics
– Balanced amino acid profile
– Very good digestibility > 85%
– Highly palatable
Characteristics
– High in lauric acid that has antibacterial and antiviral properties
– Easily digestible source of energy.
– Naturally palatable
Applications
– In pet food products, given its nutritional profile and
hypoallergenic properties
– In fish feed for high growth performance, a good
feed conversion rate, and a good gut health
– In shrimp feed as an attractant for better feed intake
– In broiler and pig feed for better nutrient digestion
and productive performances
Applications
– In piglet feed for improved feed
intake and better gut health.
– In broiler feed with productive performances
FERTILIZER:
Characteristics:
– High organic matter (>85%) with nitrogen and
minerals.
– Contains chitin that improves the defense
mechanisms of plants.
– Slow and constant nutrient release over time.
– Safe and ready to be applied on field.
Applications:
– In soil amendments for farms, gardens,
horticulture, and greenhouse.
– In low fertile soil (acid and sandy soil) with
satisfactory results.
– In crop production for higher yields.
– In broiler and pig feed for better nutrient digestion
and satisfactory productive performances.
FRESH LARVAE:
Characteristics:
– Fresh larvae
– Frozen or alive
Applications:
– Treats for pets
– Treats for fish, poultry or pigs
FERTILIZER:
FRESH LARVAE:
Characteristics
– High organic matter (>85%) with nitrogen and
minerals.
– Contains chitin that improves the defense
mechanisms of plants.
– Slow and constant nutrient release over time.
– Safe and ready to be applied on field.
Characteristics
– Fresh larvae
– Frozen or alive
Applications
– In soil amendments for farms, gardens,
horticulture, and greenhouse.
– In low fertile soil (acid and sandy soil) with
satisfactory results.
– In crop production for higher yields.
Applications
– Treats for pets
– Treats for fish, poultry or, pigs
DRY LARVAE:
Characteristics:
– Easily digestible
Applications:
– Pet food
– Bird and Reptile food
PUREE:
Characteristics:
– Easily digestible
– Good source of energy
Applications:
– Canned Pet food
DRY LARVAE:
PUREE:
Characteristics:
– Easily digestible
Characteristics:
– Easy digestible
– Good source of energy
Applications:
– Pet food Snacks.
– Bird and Reptile food
Applications:
– Canned Pet food
FAQ
Our mission is to empower the food, feed and
recycling industry to turn their industrial low value
organic waste into high value insect protein
products. We develop, build and commercialise
disruptive technology to recycle food waste with insects to transform food waste into
high quality ingredients for feed, food and fertiliser.
Our solution empowers companies to use insect technology to turn their losses on food waste into profits, while securing our future protein supply in an ecologically sustainable way. We are delivering a highly scalable insect farming solution.
Highly scalable, plug & play insect farming technology consisting of an insect rearing plant together with a “Farming as a Service” model including the periodic supply of baby larvae for rearing in the Hive PRO.
HP Protein Factories are set up directly on-site of our B2B customers.
They are flexible, easy to operate and only require the basic infrastructure found in commercial buildings, such as water and energy access.
Our technology allows our customers to focus on the most simple insect production step: rearing. Since Livin Farms takes care of the reproduction (baby production) of insects, which are delivered to customers periodically, customers can start producing insect ingredients and therefore receive revenues on their waste materials right away.
Each HP Protein Factory unit is designed to convert thousands of tons of organic waste per year into insect protein, insect oil and organic fertilizer. Based on customer request, we can also adapt HP Protein Factories to produce other ingredients, as per customer wish.
Black soldiers fly larvae (Hermetia Illucens)
Insect larvae are ferocious eaters and thus can eat a large variety of feed substrates.
Generally used feed substrates include by-products and surplus production from the bakery, potato, vegetable, fruit processing industry as well as pre-consumer wastes from retail and grain by-products.
When Hive PRO is deployed in the European Union, there are legal requirements on the type of feed input. Insects may only be fed with materials of vegetal origin. Some exceptions are however admitted for materials of animal origin such as milk, eggs and their products, honey, rendered fat or blood products from non-ruminant animals. The feeding of farmed animals with other slaughterhouse or rendering derived products, manure, or catering waste is however prohibited. The same ban applies to the use of unsold products from supermarkets or food industries (e.g. unsold products in reason of manufacturing or packaging defects) if these contain meat or fish.
No, with our plug & play technology, no special knowledge is required. Hive PRO factories come with SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and a service scheme. We will support you to operate Hive PRO Protein Factories with no previous knowledge or experience.
Please ask for a quotation here and we will get back to you as soon as possible!
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