IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed)

IT'S HERE: The EU Consumer Acceptance Survey of Edible Insects Report is now available! 🚀 The long-awaited report boasts a massive sample of 3,000 survey participants across Europe’s six largest markets. It was conducted by accredited external researchers with support from academia. Some key findings: ✅ 56% of the Europeans who tried insect-enriched food products rated the taste as “very good.” ✅ Sports supplements are amongst the most appealing insect-enriched food products, with 71% of the respondents saying they would consume them. ✅ Men who exercise regularly (76%) are more likely to integrate food products made with insect ingredients in their diets than women (65%) from the same group. ✅ The determinant factor for trying insect-enriched foods is their taste with 71% of the respondents confirming this, while health benefits come in second place (47%), followed closely by price (45%). Before you peruse the contents of the report and its many findings, spread the love by reacting to this post 🙏 Here you can find additional info, as well as the report itself: https://bit.ly/3TzOb5F Extended thanks to everyone involved in the research, data collection and analysis! #insectprotein #insectsasfood #insects #bioeconomy #agrifood #agrifoodtech IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed)

🌟 Congratulations to Roberta Metsola on being re-elected as the President of the European Parliament! 🌟 We are confident that under your continued guidance, the European Parliament will further advance its mission of fostering unity, sustainability, and progress across the continent. Here's to another term of impactful decisions and positive change!👏 #Leadership #EuropeanParliament #RobertaMetsola #EU #Unity #Progress

Check out our factsheet on frass here 👉 https://bit.ly/3PjzMHr

📢 Looking for a comprehensive guide on good labelling practices for insect-based feed materials? Last week, IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) presented its Guide on good labelling practices for insect-based feed materials at our General Assembly meeting. Developed by the Secretariat in collaboration with the IPIFF insect feed-producing companies active in the Working Group on ‘feed Hygiene and animal nutrition’ production, the Guide aims to assist insect-producing companies in the implementation of the EU compulsory labelling obligations on animal feed. Follow the link for more info 👉 https://bit.ly/4eMJMVD

Last week, IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) held its General Assembly Meeting. The IPIFF constituents elected Adriana Casillas, CEO of Spain-based Tebrio, insect industry leaders, as President for the second 3-year mandate. During the General Assembly meeting, Frank van Sluis (Protix) was re-elected as First Vice-President, Antoine Hubert (Ÿnsect) as Second Vice-President, and Heinrich Katz (Hermetia Baruth GmbH) as IPIFF Treasurer of the EU-wide umbrella organisation. During the high-level meeting, Sophie Delplancke (Innovafeed), Christian Bärtsch (Essento Insect Food • Making insects delicious), Daniel Murta (EntoGreen) and Sebastien Crepieux (Invers) were also appointed to the Executive Committee. Congratulations to all elected members! More about the General Assembly 👉 https://bit.ly/3L4AIhl

🔜 One day to go until our webinar on EU investment instruments for insect-farming companies! Amongst our stellar speaker line-up is none other than Antoine Hubert, IPIFF Second Vice-President. Antoine will findings from the internal survey conducted by IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed). The questionnaire aimed to collect information about investments and employment opportunities generated by European insect producers over recent years. 👉 Webinar attendance is free, however, prior registration is required. You can register directly from here: https://bit.ly/3R3TyIL Upon registering, you will receive an email with a link to the online event. To attend this webinar, you need to register for it using the same email address you used to create your Zoom account. 👉 More info about the webinar is available here: https://bit.ly/3ReDqUC Huge thanks to our event sponsors, Nasekomo and Tebrio, insect industry leaders, as well as to our partners from Insect Academy and Intersect, a digital marketing agency dedicated to helping insect companies. #insectprotein #entomology #sustainablefinance #sustainability #EUfunding

Just four days left until our free-access #webinar on EU funding instruments for insect-farming companies 🚀 IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) is pleased to invite you to the online event on 28 June titled "Investing in the EU's agri-future". We're excited to have Silvia Alvarez Santos as one of our key speakers. Part of DG REGIO at the European Commission, Silvia will provide an overview of the funding opportunities provided by the European Regional Development Fund to strengthen the competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises. 👉 Webinar attendance is free, however, prior registration is required. You can register directly from here: https://bit.ly/3R3TyIL Upon registering, you will receive an email with a link to the online event. 👉 More info about the webinar is available here: https://bit.ly/3ReDqUC Huge thanks to our event sponsors, Nasekomo and Tebrio, insect industry leaders, as well as to our partners from Insect Academy and Intersect, a digital marketing agency dedicated to helping insect companies. #insectprotein #entomology #sustainablefinance #sustainability #EUfunding

🤝 Yesterday's stakeholder event on “Incentivising climate action for a sustainable and competitive agri-food value chain” brought together high-level representatives along the entire value chain as part of a new exploratory study.   Organised by DG CLIMA (European Commission), the event aimed to gather inputs on the best approaches towards polices that can unlock incentives for innovative climate solutions and create new business and income opportunities for EU Agriculture.   It is no surprise that the accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss create a challenging landscape for all areas of the economy—but uniquely so for the farming sector and for the agri-food value chain.    ✅ Widespread adoption of sustainable practices by farmers—supported by all actors in the agri-food chain—offers a chance to increase farm resilience, income stability and food security, while reducing GHG emissions and increasing carbon removals. This is where insect-farming is critical.    ✅ Insect farming can support European farmers by supplying feed materials that are characterised by a lower environmental footprint and the provision of bio-based fertilising solutions, such as insect frass. The sector offers opportunities for European farmers to diversify their production activities towards low-GHG models that have a positive impact on their business.   ✅ Represented by Christophe Derrien at the high-level stakeholder event, IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) advocated for a mix of policies and funding mechanisms, such as the EU CAP, R&I, regional funds and instruments to incentivise investments towards sustainable solutions. Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Marion Picot CEJA Young Farmers FEFAC