Project: Sustainable Mealworm Production for Feed and Food
This project will investigate how to grow mealworms (beetle larvae) in a more automated and standardised manner suitable for cost-effective mass production. We will design a mass production facility and implement algorithms for monitoring mealworm health and maturity. We will investigate organic (vegetable) side-streams as feed for growing mealworms with consistently high protein and fatty acid content; suitable for petfood, animal feed and human food (once EU legislation is in place).
Acronym | SUSMEAL (Reference Number: 9378) |
Duration | 01/08/2015 - 01/08/2017 |
Project Topic | Agrofood Technology |
Network | Eurostars 2 |
Call | Eurostars Cut-Off 2 |
Project partner
Number | Name | Role | Country |
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20474 | Proti-Farm R&D BV | Coordinator | Netherlands |
20475 | Danish Technological Institute | Partner | Denmark |
20476 | Hannemann Engineering | Partner | Denmark |