Some Pet Food Brands are Now Using Proteins From INSECTS so they can Reduce their Carbon Impact and Use Less Land and Water

[Franklin Pierce]

Pet food companies are swapping meat proteins for that of insects in a bid to reduce your cat or dog’s environmental impact or carbon pawprint.

Big name brands like Nestle Purina and Mars have recently joined the move by using dried black soldier fly larvae, while other companies, such as Jiminy’s, use cricket protein.

Some companies say their insect farms only generate four percent of the current emissions released each year by farms that maintain cows, pigs and chickens.

Big name brands like Nestle Purina and Mars have recently joined the move by using dried black soldier fly larvae

Thanks in part to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the world has made a huge shift to going green in the past few years, with hopes of curbing carbon emissions to combat climate change.

Some pet food brands are now using proteins from insects to reduce their carbon impact | Daily Mail Online

 

[Tyler Durden]

Pet food companies are swapping meat proteins for that of insects in a bid to reduce your cat or dog’s environmental impact or carbon pawprint.

Big name brands like Nestle Purina and Mars have recently joined the move by using dried black soldier fly larvae, while other companies, such as Jiminy’s, use cricket protein.

Some companies say their insect farms only generate four percent of the current emissions released each year by farms that maintain cows, pigs and chickens.

Big name brands like Nestle Purina and Mars have recently joined the move by using dried black soldier fly larvae

Thanks in part to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the world has made a huge shift to going green in the past few years, with hopes of curbing carbon emissions to combat climate change.

Some pet food brands are now using proteins from insects to reduce their carbon impact | Daily Mail Online

Wait until you see your dog lick their own butt.

 

[volfanhill]

NOT INSECTS

 

[Orangeburst]

NOT INSECTS

Well, since the bat flu killed all the bats, someone has to take up the slack

 

[RikidyBones]

My wife's cat is always trying to eat bugs. So I guess two birds with one stone. Bone app the tit.

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

My grandma hasn't been able to tell the difference yet.

 

[LouderVol]

NOT INSECTS

They have souls too. Bunch of racist colonizers appropriating some culture or the other.

 

[Electric Orange]

We Can Save the World by Eating Bugs and Drinking Urine

 

[DC_Vol]

There are billions of cicadas in the mid Atlantic right now.

 

[Electric Orange]

They have souls too. Bunch of racist colonizers appropriating some culture or the other.

Dang white supremacy

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

There are billions of cicadas in the mid Atlantic right now.

Purina right now:

 

[Hunerwadel]

You might (or might not actually) want to read up on how many insect parts, rodent hairs and rat poop is allowed in our cereals, flour, cornmeal and other grain products.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

I'm sure many of you are already aware, but these "big name brands" have been producing food that barely qualifies as nutrition for decades. If you're a knowledgeable pet owner, you're not buying these brands anyway.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

I'm sure many of you are already aware, but these "big name brands" have been producing food that barely qualifies as nutrition for decades. If you're a knowledgeable pet owner, you're not buying these brands anyway.

Which brands do you recommend?

 

[Orangeburst]

Solyent Green tastes better

 

[LouderVol]

I'm sure many of you are already aware, but these "big name brands" have been producing food that barely qualifies as nutrition for decades. If you're a knowledgeable pet owner, you're not buying these brands anyway.

My sister, who is a veterinarian, would disagree on the Purina at least.

 

[MG1968]

Solyent Green tastes better

Depends on the source. Fat, well-fed mid-westerners taste better than San Francisco vagrants.

 

[Orangeburst]

Depends on the source. Fat, well-fed mid-westerners taste better than San Francisco vagrants.

Have not seen hog in awhile He musta been “processed”

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Which brands do you recommend?

I have one dog so I just meal prep stuff from scratch for her. Mostly eggs, flank steak, and shredded chicken.

 

[Lampvol74]

You might (or might not actually) want to read up on how many insect parts, rodent hairs and rat poop is allowed in our cereals, flour, cornmeal and other grain products.

when I was at UT in the 1970's in one of my Food Technology classes, we tested various food products for contaminants. One brand of "all natural" peanut butter ran 4% rat poop.
At that time, USDA was developing a rice/rat concentrate to ship to developing countries

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Which brands do you recommend?

I use Nutro Ultra, personally.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

My sister, who is a veterinarian, would disagree on the Purina at least.

To be fair, I haven't shopped for other dog food in over a decade. They very well may have an acceptable option now.

 

[Orangeburst]

when I was at UT in the 1970's in one of my Food Technology classes, we tested various food products for contaminants. One brand of "all natural" peanut butter ran 4% rat poop.
At that time, USDA was developing a rice/rat concentrate to ship to developing countries

@LouderVol
Reeces Cups=Rat Poop Cups

 

[LouderVol]

@LouderVol
Reeces Cups=Rat Poop Cups

maybe thats why i like the taste