The path to a half million metric tons of insect protein

Insect protein is one of the new, promising animal feed proteins, due to its nutritional, functional and environmental benefits. However, high costs, limited production capacity and legislation remain the main limiting factors for growth. In a new report ‘No longer crawling: Insect protein to come of age in 2020s’, Rabobank outlines the path to increase scale for the insect industry. 3 stages of scaling Rabobank expects a global market potential of up to 500,000 metric tons by 2030