Insects can serve as missing /join link between the rising demand of protein, return ecosystems equilibrium, as they close the loop and recycle the nutrients that would be used inferiorly otherwise/ insufficiently . Drawing the way to sustainability in life aspects One solution to this problem is to supplement fishmeal and soymeal in animal feeds with insect protein. Insects grow quickly, requiring minimal land and water, while recycling organic waste streams. A new industry – “”insects for feed”” is growing at an unprecedented rate to provide animal feed manufacturers with sustainable insect protein. The majority of insect farmers in this industry are using a species of fly called _Hermetia Illucens_ or the Black Soldier Fly (BSF).

Focus on organic wastes as rearing substrates for fly larvae enabled us to evaluate the possibility of deriving safe, high quality and sustainable feed protein whilst at the same time reducing volumes of low value wastes. Furthermore they can utilize a wide range of waste substrates offering potential for low economic and environmental costs.

BSF NOT Pest Not transmit disease Efficiently reduce Salmonella (harmful bacteria) in its substrate Food and Drug Administration (FDA) & Association of American Feed Control Officers (AAFCO) would regulate BSFL production, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, import, and export for direct human and animal consumption respectively. In August 2016, AAFCO approved the dried larvae of Hermetia illucens “that has been raised on a feedstock composted exclusively of feed grade materials (and which) must contain not less than 34% crude protein and 32% fat on an as-fed basis” for use in feeding salmonid fishes .