The company, which is in talks for additional funding, will use the money to finance expansion of its flagship vertical insect farm in Amiens in northern France, the world's largest, and for new projects, Antoine Hubert told Reuters in an interview.
Farmed bugs, such as mealworms, are ground down to produce proteins for aquaculture, livestock, pet food, fertilisers and human nutrition. They are considered more environmentally friendly proteins because they require less land and water than crops and emit fewer greenhouse gases.
Ynsect will close its Dutch production plant, acquired through the takeover of Protifarm in 2021, which rears a different type of bug, while keeping research activities. This will lead to 35 job cuts.Ynsect, which announced agreementsto build insect ingredient production sites in the United States and Mexico, has signed sales deals for 180 million euros over three years and is in talks for an additional 1 billion euros, of which more than half is for pet food, he also said.
In its latest round of fund raising in 2020 Ynsect brought in more than 315 million euros, of which about 175 million euros was capital and the rest in debt and subsidies.
Beyond Meat seems to be doing well
The French will eat anything!
Ŕichard the Emperor
No, I will not eat the bugs, or live in the pod
Bot accounts have come in strong on this one
I just saw Renfield - don't do it.
Another wef agenda. You will eat bugs
Disgusting !
And Klaus Schwab loves it. He and his associates will not be eating bugs I assure you.
Mmmm delicious
They like frogs legs as well, disgusting 🤮🤮🤮
shit
MazvitaJames
Bgb
No