Sustainability of insect use for feed and food: Life Cycle Assessment perspective

The emergence of insect production as a source of sustainable protein, aimed to substitute traditional feeds and foods, indicates the need to perform their environmental impact assessment with a holistic approach and on a fair functional basis. The study aims at life cycle assessment of insect produ...

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Published in:Journal of cleaner production 2016-11, Vol.137, p.741-751
Main Authors: Smetana, Sergiy, Palanisamy, Megala, Mathys, Alexander, Heinz, Volker
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biomass
Black soldier fly
Byproducts
chicken meat
Diets
environmental assessment
Environmental impact
environmental performance
feed processing
feeds
food processing
Foods
grains
industry
Insects
Lack of proteins in Europe
LCA
Life cycle assessment
Meat
nutritive value
Production scenarios
Proteins
Sustainability
whey protein
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