Black Soldier Fly Articles

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Concrete grain-elevator silos beside a rail line
Black Soldier Fly Insect Protein

Innovafeed €51M Raise: What the Nesle Scale-Up Means for BSF

Innovafeed raised €51 million as it concentrates BSF production at Nesle, folds Gouzeaucourt in, and tests whether industrial scale can turn into margin.

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Brussels sprout plants in a field after cold weather
Sustainable Agriculture

Synergizing Chitosan, Cold-Tolerant PGPBs & BSF Farming to Overcome Cold Stress in Plants

Exploring how chitosan, especially sourced from black soldier flies, combined with cold-adapted plant growth-promoting bacteria offers a sustainable strategy to boost plant resilience under cold stress.

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Black soldier fly larvae feeding on shrimp processing waste
BSF Frass

BSF Pretreatment: Turning Tough Organic Waste into Protein, Frass and Biofuel

Pretreatment plus black soldier fly larvae can open lignocellulosic waste. Nepal: >70% reduction. NEERI: up to 83.77% decomposed, ~25% to biomass.

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Dry, arid ground
BSF Frass

Reclaiming Extreme Land with Black Soldier Fly Larvae: The Texas A&M Innovation

Texas A&M, funded by WoodNext: black soldier fly larvae plus robotics, AI and sensors to reclaim toxic soils. Tomberlin, Aguilar, Zheng and Liang.

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Rows of lettuce growing in a farm field
BSF Frass

BSF Frass Outperforms Chemical Fertilizer for Lettuce: New Field Research from Benin

In recent trials, composted black soldier fly (BSF) frass at 20 t/ha outperformed chemical fertilizers in lettuce production and boosted soil health—showing major promise for sustainable agriculture.

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Coconut oil being processed, a common commercial source of lauric acid
BSF Frass

Unlocking Lauric Acid from Black Soldier Fly: Extraction, Benefits, and Applications

Recent research reveals new methods of extracting lauric acid from Black Soldier Fly larvae, its bioactive benefits, and emerging industrial and health applications.

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Petri dishes and laboratory tools on a microbiology bench
BSF Frass

Insulin from Black Soldier Fly: What’s the Real Deal?

Exploring recent claims that black soldier fly biomass can be turned into pharmaceutical-grade insulin—what’s plausible now, what remains speculative, and why it matters for BSF farming.

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Adhesive fly strip used to monitor and trap flying insects
BSF Frass

Storage Pests in Dried BSF Larvae and What Farmers Can Do

Insights from a multi-omics study reveal how two beetle pests attack dried black soldier fly larvae, with takeaways to improve drying, storage, packaging, and pest control.

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Mushroom cultivation bags in a growing house
BSF Frass

Using BSF Frass to Grow Better Mushrooms

Exploring the implications of a 2025 MDPI study on mealworm frass and oyster mushrooms—and how these findings could translate to Black Soldier Fly systems, circular agriculture, and novel feed opportunities.

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Granules of diammonium phosphate fertilizer
Sustainability

The Frass Phosphate Fix: Insect Frass vs Mineral Fertilizer

Nieto-Cantero et al.: BSF frass MFRV about 150% and mealworm about 180% vs mineral phosphate on lettuce in P-deficient calcareous soil.

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Paddlewheel aerator on a catfish farm pond
Aquaculture

Black Soldier Fly Larvae in African Catfish Feed

Black soldier fly larvae in African catfish feed: Cameroon, Uzbekistan and Kenya trials on fishmeal replacement, growth, FCR, cost and frass.

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Abandoned wooden grain elevator and mill buildings
Black Soldier Fly Insect Protein

2024–2025 BSF Failures and Lessons

2024–2025 BSF failures: ENORM bankrupt, Inseco exited, Ÿnsect and Agronutris in court. The lesson is cost, regulation, offtake and cash, not biology.

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Shrimp pond with a paddlewheel aerator
Aquaculture

BSFL Palatants in Shrimp Feed: Intake and Growth

Innovafeed's 3% BSFL palatant raised shrimp feed intake 7.56%, statistically comparable to squid meal. Defatted BSFI at 4.5–10.5% improved growth, SGR and FCR.

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Abandoned industrial factory buildings
BSF Frass

Enorm Biofactory: Why the Danish BSF Company Went Bankrupt

Enorm Biofactory raised €50 million for a 22,000 m² Danish BSF plant, entered reconstruction in April 2025, and was declared bankrupt on 30 October 2025.

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