The French biotech company Ÿnsect plans to open 15 mealworm factories by 2030. We looked inside their pilot plant to see what the future of food might look like
Environment
11 January 2023
Alex Wilkins inside Ÿnsect’s research and development lab in Evry, France David Stock
It is winter in the French town of Dole, but inside the factory where I am standing, the temperature is above 25°C (80°F) and the humid air has a distinctive earthy odour. Robot arms and automated conveyor belts transport stacks of red trays in every direction. The trays are filled with the factory’s raw material: billions of Tenebrio molitor beetle larvae, commonly known as mealworms.
This automated mealworm nursery and slaughterhouse is the blueprint for a global …
source: newscientist.com