09/29/2026
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐
๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ and ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐
have published a ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ arguing that most ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ on insect protein are ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ โ based on ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ that no longer reflects the sector's actual performance at industrial scale.
๐ฏ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ:
1๏ธโฃ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Innovafeed's ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑร ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ โ now at ๐ญ.๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ด๐๐ขโ/๐ธ๐ด, targeting ๐ฌ.๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฌ. Protix's peer-reviewed data confirms the same trend. Meanwhile, ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น reaches ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฑ.๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ด๐๐ขโ/๐ธ๐ด and most soy protein concentrates ๐ฐ.๐ฑโ๐ณ.๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ด๐๐ขโ/๐ธ๐ด (GFLI data).
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต. Standard LCAs miss ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ and the ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐บ๐ฝ โ costs estimated at ~๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ด๐๐ขโ๐ฒ๐พ/๐ธ๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น, several times the LCA figure.
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Their ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ improve ๐ด๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, and ๐๐๐ฟ โ delivering ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ-๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ that ingredient-level LCAs never capture.
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๐ https://aquaculturemag.com/2026/09/28/when-scale-lowers-carbon-a-perspective-on-industrial-scale-insect-protein/