A French human and animal nutrition company plans to break ground on a new U.S. insect protein plant next year. InnovaFeed announced they will co-locate with partner ADM in Decatur, Illinois. The plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of 60,000 metric tons of animal feed protein derived from Hermetia illucens, also called the black soldier fly, which InnovaFeed says has exceptional nutritional qualities.
ADM’s Decatur corn processing plant will provide feedstocks and waste heat to the InnovaFeed facility.
