It’s going to take more capital investment to fulfill growing interest in alternative proteins, according to the Good Food Institute. 

Ingredient sourcing and sustainability issues have steered pet food formulators toward utilizing inventive protein ingredients.

The company aims to provide the pet food industry with the most animal proteins at the lowest cost economically and environmentally.

The analysis showed that BioCraft Pet Nutrition’s BioCrafted Meat™ emits one-twelfth of the carbon dioxide of conventional beef byproducts. 

The company’s PEKILO®Pet ingredient will be produced by Brailizan ethanol producer FS. 

The company has developed a new bioreactor, allowing it to reach price parity with traditionally reared chicken. 

The facility will convert black soldier fly into sustainable protein for use in animal feed and pet food.

In joining the AEP, the company has demonstrated the environmental benefits of insect ingredients in agriculture and feed industries. 

According to the tests, cats and dogs show a preference for pet food made with MPX protein. 

Formulating pet food with insect proteins requires special considerations.