GB2588595A - Insect-based feed - Google Patents
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Abstract
An insect feed comprises brewer's spent grain (BSG). The feed may be substantially free of wheat-bran, and/or cereal, and/or flour, and preferably comprises at least 75% v/v/ BSG. The feed may further comprise a moisture releasing agent, preferably a vegetal substrate such as carrot or carrot peel. The insects fed on the BSG may be used to produce an insect-based feed formulation. The insect-based feed formulation may be an aquaculture feed formulation, e.g. for salmon and/or shrimps and/or prawns, a bird feed formulation, e.g. for poultry, or an animal feed formulation. The insect-based feed formulation is preferably produced by obtaining a source of BSG, introducing one or more insect species to the BSG for a predetermined period of time, collecting the insects fed of the source of BSG, and converting the so-fed insects into an insect-based feed. The insects may be one or more of cockroaches, crickets, locusts, flies, mealworms, waxworms, superworms, silkworms, butterworms or combinations thereof.
Description
INSECT-BASED FEED
The present invention relates to an insect feed, an insect-based feed formulation, and a method of preparing an insect-based feed formulation.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Due to decreasing resources and significant increases in the global population, there is concern that the demand for food may soon outstrip available food resources. There has therefore been a recent increase in interest towards alternative food resources for humans and animals (including domestic animals, marine animals and farm animals including poultry).
Soy is conventionally used as a protein rich poultry feed ingredient. Unfortunately, soy is not a sustainable feed source. DEFRA's business farm income statistics (published in January 2019) forecast that input costs for specialist poultry producers will go increase by "around 8%, driven by increased feed costs".
The primary food source for farmed fish and crustaceans, such as for example salmon, prawns and shrimp, is fishmeal. Fishmeal is a commercial product formed from fish which is not intended for human consumption. There are however concerns over the sustainability of fishmeal. The use of fishmeal as a primary food source can deter corporate fisheries from actively limiting their yields of by-catch (i.e. fish which has been unintentionally caught while catching target species) and as result can contribute to overfishing. Overfishing can lead to depletion of ecosystems and can cause environmental damage. Over the past 15 years, due to the depletion of ocean fish-stocks, there has been a shortfall in the supply of fishmeal resulting in a four-fold increase in the cost of fishmeal. It is forecast that there will be a supply shortfall of fishmeal in the region of 3 million tonnes by 2025.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries report that the "Future growth of marine finfish and shrimp aquaculture will need protein and oil sources greater than current fishmeal and fish oil production can satisfy" (NOAA, 2018). There are therefore concerns that the current aquaculture food sources, such as fishmeal, do not provide the nutrients required by future generations of farmed fish.
Furthermore, fishmeal may contain traces of chemicals, plastics, and toxins (such as like mercury from power plant emissions) that the fish may have encountered in the ocean. There is therefore concern that the use of fishmeal as a primary food source may introduce traces of chemicals, plastics and toxins into the farmed fish and crustaceans and that this could in turn be digested by humans.
Insect-based foods are growing in popularity due to the many benefits associated with them. Insect-based foods have improved sustainability and have a much lower impact on the environment compared to conventional foodstuffs. Many insect species provide a protein source, are highly digestible, and have high palatability. Some insect species are considered to be comparable in nutritional value to chicken or soybean meal.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has reported that insect-based foods are considered to be better for domestic animals than prime steak. Furthermore, insect-based foods are appealing as a human food source for meeting the demands of a rapidly growing global population. Insects are considered to be a good alternative to egg and dairy protein. It has also been found that insect farms use less water and space than conventional farming methods.
Flour and/or cereal are major ingredients of common insect-based foods. Flour or cereal containing insect-based foods have however been found to suffer from infestations of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Infestations of the Mediterranean flour moth can cause the loss of entire breeding colonies of commercially reared insects. The Mediterranean flour moth has previously been controlled with insecticides, however due to environmental considerations these neurotoxic insecticides have been banned in Europe. Alternative pest management to control E. kuehniella on a commercial scale has yet to be identified.
There is therefore a need for a sustainable feed formulation with reduced associated impact on ecosystems and on the environment. There is also a need for a feed formulation which is substantially free of chemicals, plastics, toxins, pests and/or pathogens. There is also a need for a feed formulation which has improved nutritional content, such as for example increased protein and oil sources, and/or improved bio-availability, and/or improved palatability compared to conventional feed formulations.
Recently, there has been an increasing awareness of the amounts of food waste being produced and the associated impact on the environment. According to the New Belgium Brewing's 2011 Waste Diversion Report, a brewery creates 2.14 lbs of waste for each barrel of beer produced, and 0.12 lbs of this waste is sent to landfill. Using these estimates and brewery production data, it has been estimated that, in 2010, the breweries in the United States of America produced 194 million barrels and 207,580 tonnes of brewery section industrial food waste.
Brewery waste includes: brewer's spent grain, brewer's yeast, brewer's spent hops and trub (proteins), and diatomaceous earth slurry. Brewer's spent grain is defined as comprising the materials which remain after starch has been solubilized from grains.
Brewer's spent grain has been identified within the top 20 food waste streams with respect to European consumption and environmental impact (Graham Moates; REFRESH, "Top 20 Food Waste Streams"; eu-refresh.org/top-20-food-waste-streams). It has been found that Brewer's spent grain is produced in high volumes with an associated high environmental impact. There is therefore a need for a high value, commercially useful material product which can be made from brewer's spent grain in order to reduce the amount of waste material being sent to landfill.
There is a need for a feed formulation which helps to reduce the amount of waste food material being sent to landfill.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an insect feed comprising brewer's spent grain.
The term "insect feed" is used herein to refer to a feed intended to be administered to one or more insect species.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is for administering to one or more of: Bioptic° dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryllodes sigillatus (banded crickets) and/or Acehta domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus assimilis (field cricket)), locusts (such as for example migatory locust), houseflies (such as for example Musca domestica (common housefly)), Hermetic illucens (Black soldier fly/nutrigrubs), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), Galleria mellonella (waxworms), Zophobbas mono (superworms), Bombyx mori (silkworms), Chilecomordia moorei (butterworms), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies), and any combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is for administering to one or more of: Bioptic° dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryllodes sigillatus (banded crickets) and/or Acehto domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus ossimilis (field cricket)), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), and any combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the insect feed comprises at least 75% v/v, preferably at least 80% v/v, more preferably at least 90% v/v brewer's spent grain.
In one embodiment, the insect feed consists essentially of brewer's spent grain. The term "consists essentially of" is used herein to mean that the insect feed does not contain any further features, in particular ingredients, other than the ones following that term.
In one embodiment, the insect feed comprises no more than 25% v/v, preferably no more than 20% v/v, preferably no more than 10% v/v, for example no more than 5% v/v cereal and/or flour and/or bran.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is substantially cereal free, preferably substantially bran-free. In one embodiment, the insect feed is substantially flour free.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is substantially free of unprocessed meat and/or fish.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is substantially free of catering waste, such as for example slaughterhouse products.
In one embodiment, the insect feed is substantially free of animal waste produce, such as for example manure.
In one embodiment, the insect feed comprises a moisture releasing agent. The moisture releasing agent may comprise one or more of: vegetal substrate. Examples of vegetal substrate include: carrot (for example carrot peel).
In one embodiment, the insect feed comprises one or more unprocessed foodstuff selected from: dairy and/or eggs.
In one embodiment, the insect feed comprises barley, such as for example a barley-containing product, such as for example barley rusk.
The use of brewer's spent grain as an insect feed is beneficial as brewer's spent grain is readily available and has been found to display a high batch-to-batch consistency. Furthermore, brewer's spent grain is substantially free of harmful pathogens and plastics. Therefore, the use of brewer's spent grain as a feed source does not represent a risk of introducing harmful pathogens or plastics into the food chain. The present invention also enables waste material, such as brewer's spent grain, to be converted into a high value, commercially useful material, in the form of insect feed, and as such forms an important part of a circular economy. The present invention also provides an insect feed which reduces and/or eliminates the risk of a Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella infestation.
The insect feed may be provided in any suitable form, such as for example in the form of a liquid feed, or a powder feed or a pellet feed.
The insect feed of the present invention has been found to improve the nutrient value of the insect species. For example, the insect feed of the present invention has been found to increase the protein content and/or calcium content of the insect species fed on the insect feed. The insect feed of the present invention has been found to increase the palatability of the insect species fed on the insect feed, for example by reducing the chitin content of the insect species fed on the insect feed.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an insect-based feed formulation comprising one or more insect species fed on an insect feed comprising brewer's spent grain. Preferably, the insect-based feed formulation comprises Blaptica dubia fed on an insect feed comprising brewer's spent grain.
In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation is substantially cereal free, preferably substantially bran-free. In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation is substantially flour free.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an insect-based feed formulation comprising one or more of: Blaptica dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryllodes sly//lotus (banded crickets) and/or Acehta domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus ass/m//is (field cricket)), locusts (such as for example migatory locust), houseflies (such as for example Musca domestica (common housefly)), Hermetia illucens (Black soldier fly/ nutrigrubs), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), Golleria mellonella (waxworms), Zophobbas mono (superworms), Bombyx mori (silkworms), Chilecomordia moorei (butterworms), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies), and any combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation comprises one or more of: Bioptic° dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryllodes sly//lotus (banded crickets) and/or Acehta domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus assimilis (field cricket)), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), and any combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation is substantially cereal free, preferably substantially bran-free. In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation is substantially flour free.
The insect-based feed formulation may be one or more of: an insect-based aquaculture feed formulation, an insect-based bird feed formulation, such as for example an insect-based poultry feed formulation, an insect-based animal feed formulation, and/or an insect-based human feed formulation. Preferably, the insect feed formulation is an insect-based aquaculture feed formulation and/or an insect-based poultry feed formulation.
In one embodiment, the insect-based aquaculture feed formulation of the present invention may be administered to any suitable marine animal, such as for example one or more of: crustaceans (including but not limited to shrimps and prawns) and fish (including but not limited to amberjack, arapaima, barb, bass, bluefish, bocachico, bream, bullhead, cachama, carp, catfish, catia, chanos, char, cichlid, cobia, cod, crappie, dorada, drum, eel, goby, goldfish, gourami, grouper, guapote, halibut, 'Jaya, labeo, lai, loach, mackerel, milkfish, mojarra, mucifish, mullet, paco, pearlspot, pejerrey, perch, pike, pompano, roach, salmon, sampa, sauger, sea bass, seabream, shiner, sleeper, snakehead, snapper, snook, sole, spinefoot, sturgeon, sunfish, sweetfish, tench, terror, tilapia, trout, tuna, turbot, yendace, walleye, whitefish and zebra fish). Preferably, the insect-based aquaculture feed formulation may be administered to one or more of: salmon and/or prawns and/or shrimps.
The present invention provides a sustainable insect-based aquaculture feed formulation which is suitable as an alternative to fishmeal. The use of an insect-based aquaculture feed formulation of the present invention as a primary food source for farmed fish helps to reduce the reliance on by-catch for fishmeal. The use of an insect-based aquaculture feed formulation of the present invention therefore helps to encourage corporate fisheries to reduce their by-catch yields and thereby contribute to a reduction in fishing. The use of the insect-based aquaculture feed formulation of the present invention as a primary food source for farmed fish reduces the pressure on the marine environment and thereby allows an over-fished marine environment and ecosystem to gradually recover. Due to the ready availability of the insect species, the insect-based aquaculture feed of the present invention is less costly than fishmeal.
The insect-based feed formulation of the present invention has been found to provide an improved nutritional content, such as for example increased protein and oil sources, and/or improved bioavailability, and/or improved palatability compared to conventional feed formulations.
In one embodiment, the insect-based bird feed formulation of the present invention may be administered to any suitable bird, such as for example one or more of: egg producing birds such as for example: chicken, turkey, ostrich quail, grouse, ducks, and/or geese; wild birds; domestic birds; breeding birds, and any combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the insect-based feed formulation of the present invention may be administered to any suitable animal (except humans), such as for example non-ruminants and ruminants. Ruminant animals inciude, for example, animals such as sheep, goats, cattle, e.g. beef cattle, cows, and young calves, deer, yank, camel, llama and kangaroo. Non-ruminant animals include monogastric animals, including but not limited to pigs or swine (including, but not limited to, piglets, growing pigs, and sows); horses (including but not limited to hotbloods, coldbloods and warm bloods).
Insects such as B. dubia are able to efficiently convert insect feed to body mass and therefore provide a sustainable feed source. B. dubia are easy to rear, do not climb or fly, and are virtually odourless compared to other insects such as for example crickets or mealworms. B. dubia are therefore easy to contain, easy to breed, and reproduce quickly. The use of B. dubia as an insect-based feed formulation is advantageous due to the ease of breeding B. dubia as well as the high nutritional value of B. dubia. The present invention therefore provides an insect-based aquacultre feed which is sustainable, easy to breed and readily available. The present invention also provides an insect feed with improved nutritional value, in terms of for example protein sources, compared to fishmeal. B. dubia is both protein-rich and calcium-rich. Furthermore, B. dubia has a low chitin content and is therefore more palatable and more easily digestible than other insect sources.
According to a further aspect, there is provided a method for the production of an insect-based feed formulation, the method comprising: obtaining a source of brewer's spent grain; introducing one or more insect species to the source of brewer's spent grain for a predetermined time period; collecting the one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain; converting the one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain into an insect-based feed formulation.
In one embodiment, the source of brewer's spent grain is cooled to a temperature lower than room temperature, for example to a temperature of less than 10°C. In one embodiment, the source of brewer's spent grain is frozen, for example subjected to a temperature of less than 0°C, for example less than or equal to around -5° C. In one embodiment, the whole or a part of the insect of the insect species is converted into an insect-based feed formulation.
In one embodiment, the one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain are killed, for example killed by exposing to a high temperature of at least 60°C, or to a low temperature of less than about -20° C The method may further comprise pulverising the collected one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain to provide an insect-based feed formulation powder.
The method may further comprise extruding the collected one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain, for example using an extrusion moulding method, to provide an insect-based feed formulation pellet.
The method may further comprise drying, such as for example freeze-drying or low temperature vacuum drying, the collected one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain to provide an insect-based feed formulation powder. Low temperature vacuum drying enables the efficient removal of water and oil from the collected one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain while reducing and/or minimising breakdown or denaturing of protein. Preferably, the moisture content of the insect-based feed formulation is less than 10% (w/w).
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail in relation to the following Examples:
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Example 1-Nutritional composition of Blaptica dubia Bioptic dubia is a protein-rich and mineral-rich feedstuff for aquaculture. Table 1 illustrates that B. dubia has a higher nutritional value compared to other insect species.
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In particular, B. dubia has a significantly higher protein content (23.4%) than the other insect species. Furthermore, B. dubia has the second highest calcium content (800 mg/kg) of the illustrated insect species. It can therefore be seen that B. dubia is protein rich and calcium rich. It has also been found that B. dubia has a lower chitin content than other illustrated insect species, such as for example than crickets. The lower chitin content increases the palatability of B. dubia compared to other insect species. B. dubia is therefore an ideal insect species for use in an insect-based feed formulation.
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- CLAIMS1. An insect feed comprising brewer's spent grain.
- 2. An insect feed as claimed in claim 1, in which the feed is one or more of: Bioptic° dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryliodes sigillotus (banded crickets) and/or Acehto domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus assimilis (field cricket)), locusts (such as for example migatory locust), houseflies (such as for example Musca domestica (common housefly), Hermetio illucens (Black soldier fly/ nutrigrubs), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), Galferia me/lone/la (waxworms), Zophobbas morio (superworms), Bombyx mori (silkworms), Chilecomordia moorei (butterworms), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) and any combination thereof, insect feed
- 3. An insect feed as claimed in either of claims land 2, in which the insect feed is substantially bran-free, and/or substantially cereal-free, and/or substantially flour-free.
- 4. An insect feed as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, in which the insect feed comprises at least 75% v/v brewer's spent grain.
- 5. An insect feed as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a moisture releasing agent.
- 6. An insect feed as claimed in claim 5, in which the moisture releasing agent comprises vegetal substrate.
- 7. An insect-based feed formulation comprising one or more insect sources fed on an insect feed as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6.
- 8. An insect-based feed formulation comprising one or more of: Blaptica dubia (Dubia roaches), crickets (such as for example one or more of: Gryllodes sigillatus (banded crickets) and/or Acehta domesticus (house crickets) and/or Gryllus ass/m//is (field cricket)), locusts (such as for example migatory locust), houseflies (such as for example Musco domestic° (common housefly)), Hermetic illucens (Black soldier fly/nutrigrubs), mealworms (such as for example one or more of Tenebrio ma//tar (yellow mealworm) and/or Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) and/or the larvae thereof), Golfed° me/lane//a (waxworms), Zophobbos mono (superworms), Bombyx mori (silkworms), Chilecomordia moorei (butterworms), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) and any combination thereof.
- 9. An insect-based feed formulation as claimed in either of claims 7 and 8, in which the feed formulation is an insect-based aquaculture feed formulation.
- 10. An insect-based feed formulation as claimed in claim 9, in which the feed is for one or more of: salmon and/or prawns and/or shrimps.
- 11. An insect-based feed formulation as claimed in either of claims 7 and 8, in which the feed formulation is an insect-based bird feed formulation.
- 12. An insect-based feed formulation as claimed in claim 11, in which the feed formulation is an insect-based poultry feed formulation.
- 13. An insect-based feed formulation as claimed in either of claims 7 and 8, in which the feed formulation is an insect-based animal feed formulation.
- 14. A method for the production of an insect-based feed formulation as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 13, the method comprising: obtaining a source of brewer's spent grain; introducing one or more insect species to the source of brewer's spent grain for a predetermined time period; collecting the one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain; converting the one or more insect species fed on the source of brewer's spent grain into an insect-based aquaculture feed.
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