27-05-2025
Insect-based pet food, the latest byproduct of EU bureaucracy
Bug food for pets was never Plan A — it's the last resort for insect producers to stay afloat.
They blame EU bureaucracy.
'I wake up every morning for the fish, not to feed the pets,' said Sébastien Crépieux, CEO of Invers, a French insect producer based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that grows mealworms in cooperation with local farmers.
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He explains that most insect producers started with the idea of replacing protein in fishmeal used to feed farmed fish with a more sustainable source — such as insects. Fishmeal is usually made from fish processing waste and forage fish like anchovies or sardines, and contributes to overfishing and biodiversity loss.
