Insects - 1. Production

Insects are a potential source for conventional production (mini-livestock) of protein, either for direct human consumption, or indirectly in recomposed foods (with extracted protein from insects); and as a protein source into feedstock mixtures. Production of insects is a new area of husbandry, which has been evolving quickly during the last few years. In general, insects are relatively easy to keep, but requires a good understanding of the insect biology and certain degree of optimization in order to ensure high performances and stable production outputs.

The Danish Technological Institute (DTI) focuses on improving and applying the knowledge about insect biology for optimizing the breeding and rearing of insects and opening new sustainable prospects for this fast-growing industry. We have a strong professional team with skills in breading and rearing of Hermetia illucens (BSF) and Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm), which can help you either establishing or optimizing your insect production, and thus, helping you becoming more competitive within this fast-growing industry.

Danish Technological Institute offers:

Insect Feeding Services

Screening of feed components
Development and optimization of feed mixtures for breeding of insects
Development and optimization of feed for rearing of insects

Insect Breeding Services

Optimization of reproduction
Genetic adaptation and selection strategy

Insect Production Consultancy

Online/ Onsite consultancy
Verification and validation of production
Business modelling

Insect Production Monitoring

Environmental and GHG monitoring
CFD modeling
Optimization of production parameters

Insect Technology Design

Development of new and optimization of existing equipment
Validation of performances and production setup
Development of sensory technology

Insect Protein Technology

Identification of protein in feed for insects or in insect products
Protein quality assessment
Advanced analyses of functionality of insect feeds and insect products