On-demand: Webinar on insect oil in pig nutrition

The webinar was hosted by Pig Progress and broadcast on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Speakers Dr Graziano Mantovani and Chloé Phan Van Phi first explained the partnership between the 2 companies in the making insect oil, a useful ingredient for swine production. They also presented case studies.

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An insight into the world of insect oil in pig feed

Dr Graziano Mantovani is strategic marketing and technology lead at Cargill’s Provimi swine business in Western Europe and Chloé Phan Van Phi is the head of marketing and sales at InnovaFeed. Together they gave the audience a complete insight into the world of insect oil. “Both companies are excited about the future,” Dr Mantovani stressed. “Insect oil is just the beginning.”

Sustainability, commercial scalability and performance were 3 key concepts that were emphasised quite often in the webinar. The speakers explained that by using the Black Soldier Fly, and extracting insect oil from the larvae, the environmental footprint drops dramatically with a 0 impact on deforestation.

Research programme on insect oil in swine nutrition

In terms of performance, the 2 speakers shared the results of a research programme carried out in recent years, when piglets were fed with feed containing insect oil. The research team observed an increased piglet body weight, a better stool quality on day 14 post-weaning and concluded that insect oil could be used to replace plant oils in piglet diets.

Just before the speakers embarked on a long question and answer session, they also explained that pork from pigs fed insect oil has been in stores with French retailer Auchan.

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