AgriProtein

ProducerB2B

Cape Town, South Africa

Recycling food waste into sustainable insect protein using biotechnology

agriprotein.comFounded 2008201-500100 tonnes/day (food waste input)

🌍 North America · Africa · Latin America · Middle East · Europe · Asia-Pacific

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Business Description

AgriProtein pioneered large-scale black soldier fly bioconversion of organic waste into insect protein and oil for animal feed applications, with early industrial deployments in South Africa. The company focused on circular nutrient recovery from food-chain side streams and helped establish many of the engineering and operational benchmarks later adopted across the industry. Its work contributed to global interest in insects as a scalable feed-ingredient pathway alongside conventional proteins.

Substrate: Food waste (from food factories, supermarkets, farms, restaurants)

Technology: Waste-to-nutrient technology via three integrated stages: (1) Feed—locally-sourced organic waste undergoes quality control and traceability via supplier software; (2) Biology—digitally-controlled bio-secure fly conditions with optimized light cycles, fly sexing, selective breeding; larvae gain 200x weight in 10 days; (3) Processing—mechanized separation into product streams (MagMeal, MagOil, MagSoil) with robust QC.