Bugs set to be new health food

Insects can be the next great food source, a Meath start-up tells Trish Dromey

With a revolutionary new biotechnology solution which allows insects to be bred and processed on an industrial scale, Meath start-up Hexafly aims to supply the world with a significant new food source.

“We have devised a way to breed insects at a super normal rate and to mechanise production of insect protein on a scale that was not previously possible,” said company co-founder Alvan Hunt, who plans to start selling insect oil and protein powder to agricultural and aquaculture feed companies later this year.