Italy moves to ban lab-grown seafood to protect Mediterranean diet
The proposed bill came hard on the heels of a series of government decrees banning the use of flour derived from insects such as crickets and locusts in pizza or pasta
Insect protein producer Entobel partners with IFC to scale up in Vietnam
Entobel is currently building Asia's largest insect plant to date in Vietnam, which will supply 10,000t of insect meal annually to local and international customers
Marubeni signs deal to bring insect protein to Japanese farmers
Marubeni Corporation has signed a letter of intent with France's Ynsect to 'contribute to the...sustainable aquaculture industry and food supply chain in Japan'
Italian alternative aquafeed startup secures first investment round
Ittinsect, a Rome-based biotech startup developing a sustainable alternative to aquaculture feed, has closed its first investment round of €625,000
Global seafood giants sent M&A spending past $7bn in 2022, but 2023’s outlook uncertain
It was a question of size over quantity in the 2022 M&A market, a year marked by two of the biggest transactions in the history of the seafood sector
Dutch insect producer Protix names new CFO as it scales-up
The company said continued investment reflects confidence in a 'flourishing' insect ingredients market
Finnish firm to build country’s first insect-based protein plant
Volare's industrial-scale facility will be the first of its kind in Finland, one of the few to operate in Europe, and will target aquafeed and pet nutrition
Black fly grower Innovafeed breaks ground on $250m US facility
'We are building a home in America' -- Maye Walraven, Innovafeed's general manager of North America
Sykes-owned Klaas Puul partners up to bring shrimp fed on new diet to retailers
Netherlands-based shrimp importer Klaas Puul is teaming up with Skretting and Dutch sustainable feed ingredient suppliers Protix and Veramaris
Nutreco appoints new chief strategy officer
Joost Matthijssen, Nutreco's former director of venturing and business development, has been named Nutreco's chief strategy officer after the retirement of Laurent Genet