PHW Group is ready to replace the poultry feed
German PHW Group intends to change the animal feed in its poultry farms from soy and soybean meals to insect protein developed by Canadian Enterra Feed Corporation, where PHW holds a participation.
“We are involved in many scientific projects looking at the replacement of soybean meal with other albuminous feeds. This makes me all the more pleased that, with Enterra, we have now found the right strategic partner for us. In future, we aim to forgo the addition of soy in our poultry feed as far as possible and regard the insect protein developed by Enterra as a suitable source of protein”, explained Peter Wesjohann, CEO of the PHW Group.
A number of complex and costly feeding studies will be necessary until the feed component soy can be replaced with insect protein as the changed composition of the feed must be commensurate with animal health and thus also animal well-being: “At present, we are unable to say when exactly we will be able to replace soy in poultry feed with insect proteins. What matters to us is that we are now starting along this journey”, explained Peter Wesjohann.
Geoff Gyles, CEO Enterra Feed Corporation, continued: “For us, the PHW Group’s involvement in Enterra goes far beyond a mere financial investment: on the one hand, the PHW Group is providing us with its entire know-how of poultry feeding and, on the other, as soon as the approvals are available in Europe, we will be working practically and for feeding studies with the poultry farms in the PHW Group.
Black soldier fly is the insect that Enterra is using to create the replacement for classic animal feed. Enterra is registered in the EU Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), which means that the company can export its insect feed ingredients into all member countries of the European Union. A new EU Regulation came into force on 1 July 2017 which permits the use of insect ingredients in aquaculture feed. Approvals for poultry and pig feed are also expected.
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