Posted on 10/19/2023 5:58:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
Tyson Foods announced it had invested in insect-protein supplier Protix and plans to build a partnership US production facility.
“The American meatpacker said Tuesday that it agreed to buy a stake in Dongen, Netherlands-based Protix BV to help fund its expansion. The companies will also form a joint venture to build and operate a US facility that will produce bug-based meal and oil, which are typically used in fish feed and dog food. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed,” Bloomberg reported.
The meat giant did not disclose the size of its minority stake it has taken in Protix.
Protix is a Netherlands-based company that produces ingredients based on insects.
Tyson Foods said:
“The strategic investment will support the growth of the emerging insect-ingredient industry and expand the use of insect-ingredient solutions to create more efficient sustainable proteins and lipids for use in the global food system.”
“It’s a multibillion-dollar industry opportunity that has tremendous growth potential, and we see Protix as being a leader there,” Tyson CFO John Tyson said in an interview.
“In the long run, insect-protein inclusion in animal-feed diets can be a real thing that exists and can be one that is good for people, planet and animals.”
Protix is already a main supplier of insect-based protein to pet food makers Nestle SA and Mars Inc.
“It is definitely a huge way to establish ourselves into an international context,” Protix CEO Kees Aarts said.
He added the deal with Tyson is a “tipping point we have been working for.”
Aarts said the US plant will be ready in 2025.
He also added that the new facility would be four times larger than its existing facility in the Netherlands.
It appears the World Economic Forum and major corporations are slowly resetting the global food supply chain.
As The Daily Fetched has previously reported, the WEF has been advocating bug-eating for years now.
In January, the European Union gave the green light for an additional two insect species to be used for human consumption.
The Acheta domesticus, better known as the house cricket, has been approved for human consumption within the European Union, according to documents.
Here is what The World Economic Forum writes on its website:
“The world’s population will reach 9.7 billion people by 2050. This means that despite only 4% of arable land on the surface of our planet, an additional 2 billion more humans will have to be fed.
To address this impending crisis, world experts and leaders will meet this autumn at the UN Food Summit and then the COP26. Often overlooked in these discussions is the potential role insects can play in helping meet this challenge.
Insects are a credible and efficient alternative protein source requiring fewer resources than conventional breeding.
Studies suggest that for the same amount of protein produced, insects, mealworms, in particular, require much less land than other sources of animal proteins. A study on crickets suggests they are twice as efficient in converting feed to meat as chicken, at least four times more efficient than pigs and 12 times more efficient than cattle.
Today, 12% of the world’s wild whole-fish catch is used for farmed fish in the form of fishmeal. An alternative to fishmeal can be the products resulting from the processing of insects such as the Tenebrio Molitor.
It has been shown that with mealworm, mortality in farmed fish is reduced by 40%.
Insect protein has high-quality properties and can be used as an alternative source of protein throughout the food chain, from feed for aquaculture to ingredients for nutritional supplements for humans and pets. All animal species, regardless of their diet, eat insects in their natural diet.”
“WARNING: THIS FOOD WAS PROCESSED BY MACHINERY USED TO PROCESS INSECTS USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. IT MAY CONTAIN INSECT PARTS IN EXCESS OF CURRENT FDA LIMITATIONS.”
They won’t give any warnings, our government will allow them to put it in foods without any disclosure. Just like the DNA vaccines going into pork right now.
It’s only a matter of time before PETA steps in.
“Perhaps we never see this in America.”
Yes we will, just as soon as possible, and served up without our knowledge.
“But could end up being a way to finally beat the hunger in places like Africa and other poor areas.”
We would have a surplus of food to help with that if most of our farmland was not growing ethanol instead of food.
How could you even entertain such a concept let alone support it? I can’t help but notice your support of the global communist enslavement agenda has become a common pattern.
“YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT”
I’m a seasoned senior and I grew up with that expression told to my brother and sister by my grandma and mother over and over again through the years. Did I always heed their words of wisdom. . .no. . .but I certainly am better at it now.
Word is Lyme disease is on the uptick. And that sort of investing by Tyson really bugs me.
I don’t care what happens, I ain’t eating insects. I ain’t eating human flesh. I will live as a dignified human. There are fates worse than death.
Don’t we have laws about how munch Bug Parts can be in our Food ?
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None. It’s the Kosher way.
“Perhaps we never see this in America”
Maybe you’re right except the zillionaires like Gates seem think the world is overpopulated and it needs to be reduced by ????
I can hardly wait.
I haven’t done tyson foods since it was revealed they were associated with hitlery adn comany. This company needs to liquidate.
Tyson’s counting on something before they hatch, and it isn’t chicken.
Kind of antsy, don’t you think? They should have stopped at
“Meat Giant Tyson Foods Buys Steak..”
Tyson has a past history of health violations.Also financed bill clinton...
If you could see (what they call) the 'chicken' and 'pork' that goes into making hot dogs, you would probably demand insects instead.
Tai-sun Foods ?
I stand by my statement...chicken,hot dogs and pork are fine with me. And if I ever need another hip replacement (I'm told that my first one has about worn out) I'll do it.
I’m not supporting it. But if it happens then I gave positive results. You’re a doom and gloomer which is why you find my positive disposition on things underwhelming. You are a negative person on all things. I tend to be positive. That’s the difference.
“But if it happens then I gave positive results.”
No... I call it like it is period. I am not good at fooling myself with false hopes or purposely spitting in the wind. There is no silver lining or positive results of this concept. Support it or facilitate it and it will eventually become mandatory. In no way is this positive...
The concept needs to be denounced and nipped in the bud without haste period.
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