Turning food waste into animal feed

Food waste accounts for 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

If it was up to nature, waste wouldn’t exist – it would be absorbed by the soil or eaten by insects.

Inside the Better Origin systems, black soldier fly larvae consume food waste and grow to provide nutrient-rich insect products.

The markets we transform

Chicken looking into the camera
POULTRY
Aquaculture
AQUACULTURE
Dog
PET FOOD
WASTE MANAGEMENT
MITIGATING CO₂ EMISSIONS
LOCALLY
TACKLING FOOD WASTE ON
THE FARM
REDUCING SOY USE
AND PREVENTING
DEFORESTATION

Our partners

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Black soldier fly larvae

Sustainable source of protein

Insects need far less resources than traditional ingredients used in animal feed and pet food.

Rich in protein and other key nutrients, our insect ingredients boost productivity and help achieve environmental goals.

Fully automated systems

You don’t need to know anything about insect farming because we do.

Our insect farming systems are completely automated. They take care of feeding, growth, harvest, and processing.

Fully automated insect farm
AI cameras inside the Better Origin X1

Powered by AI

We use Artificial Intelligence to increase yields and precision within our systems.

Thanks to our software, our insect farms can be controlled remotely.

Get in touch with us

“The Better Origin team are working to fundamentally change our broken food chain, for the benefit of everyone.”

TechCrunch

“If insects could reduce the dominance of rainforest-destroying soy as the feed of choice for UK chickens, the benefits could be enormous.”

“Insects could well become the future for feed
in egg farming.”