https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-701916
The meat alternative market is a rapidly developing field of interest among food-tech companies, as they race to find unique approaches that are environmentally friendly, easily manufactured, moderately priced and, most importantly, palatable.
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Another food-tech company, Flying Spark, has based its meat-alternative on something slightly more unorthodox: fruit fly larvae. While it may not start any mouths watering at first blush, the company claims that the larva-derived product has an advantage over its plant-based competitors. “Unlike plant protein, the protein produced by Flying Spark is whole protein, which means that it contains all the ingredients that exist in animal protein and is defined as a higher quality protein,” the company said.
Additionally, Flying Spark’s livestock costs are hand-over-fist more economically viable: they estimate that the process of producing a kilo of fruit fly larvae protein consumes around 99% less water and land compared to the production of a kilo of meat protein.
Most recently, Flying Spark has penned an agreement with Thai food manufacturer Thai Union, which will buy 20 tons of its protein powder. Thai Union intends to utilize the protein in the production of pet food, which could be the ideal market for Flying Spark’s product.
You'll get along just fine after the Great Reset – provided you eat bugs, don't try to work anywhere you can't reach on a bicycle, don't have kids, and let the sun and wind decide when you can have electric power. https://t.co/bqzBjGDzr9
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