Use of Black Soldier Fly Larvae for Food Waste Treatment and Energy Production in Asian Countries: A Review

Kim, Chul‐Hwan; Ryu, JunHee; Lee, Jongkeun; Ko, Kwanyoung; Lee, Ji-Yeon; Park, Ki Young; Chung, Haegeun

doi:10.3390/pr9010161

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“…The larvae were reared for 92 days until sacrifice. The growth period of larvae was reported to be 15-36.7 days (Kim et al, 2021). Considering the size of larvae, the body length was about 1.8 cm at the 5 th stage, which was smaller than had been reported (Tran et al, 2015).…”

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Metabolite characterisation and profiling of Hermetia illucens L. larvae at various growth stages using Sesamum indicum residues as nutrient source

Hsiao

Kuo

et al. 2022

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The larvae of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) (BSFL) is an excellent decomposer for industrial and agricultural applications capable of converting low-value waste into nutritional biomass. Sesame residues is industrial food waste possess high protein and lipid content. To investigate the bioconversion process of BSFL, the larvae were raised on a low-bioburden diet consisting of sesame residue, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was performed on the BSFL and faeces at various instars. The obtained metabolomes were subsequently evaluated through principal component analysis and orthogonal projection to latent structure-discriminant analysis to explore the differential components. Diacylglycerol was the main component of the sesame residues utilised by BSFL during metabolism. The phenylalanine, arginine, oleic acid and 10-hydroxy-8E-octadecenoic acid were identified as the major components in various instars of the BSFL metabolites. We thus concluded that BSFL have different nutritional compositions at different instar stages. Another compound with a molecular weight of 278.224 prevalent in both the larvae and faeces might play vital roles in BSFL development. The present study revealed a part of metabolic changes important in the BSFL lifecycle. Through this pioneering metabolomics profiles, the discovery of highly-valuable biomolecules on BSFL for food industrial application can be anticipated.

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Metabolite characterisation and profiling of Hermetia illucens L. larvae at various growth stages using Sesamum indicum residues as nutrient source

Hsiao

Kuo

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“…Some insect species, such as Black soldier flies ( Hermetia illucens ), which are already used to manage waste have excellent tolerance to bacteria and fungi 20 and are easily separated from the organic waste for downstream processing 21 . Insect biotechnology is readily scalable for mass production, as the infrastructure can be relatively unsophisticated, and the installation costs and land use requirements are low 22 . Furthermore, utilising organic waste means crops that could otherwise be used for food do not need to be diverted as feedstocks for fermentation, and will not threaten food security.…”

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“…Some insect species, such as Black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens), which are already used to manage waste have excellent tolerance to bacteria and fungi 16 and are easily separated from the organic waste for downstream processing 17 . Insect biotechnology is readily scalable for mass production, as the infrastructure is relatively unsophisticated, and the installation costs and land use requirements are low 18 .…”

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Bioremediation of industrial pollutants by insects expressing a fungal laccase

Clark

Tepper

Petroll

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Inadequate management of household and industrial wastes pose major challenges to human and environmental health. Advances in synthetic biology may help address these challenges by engineering biological systems to perform new functions such as biomanufacturing of high-value compounds from low-value waste streams and bioremediation of industrial pollutants. However, the current emphasis on microbial systems for biomanufacturing, which often require highly pre-processed inputs and sophisticated infrastructure, is not feasible for many waste streams. Meanwhile, concerns about transgene biocontainment have limited the release of engineered microbes or plants for bioremediation. Engineering animals may provide opportunities for utilizing various waste streams that are not suitable for microbial biomanufacturing while effective transgene biocontainment options should enable in situ bioremediation. Here, we engineer the model insect Drosophila melanogaster to express a functional laccase from the fungus Trametes trogii. Laccase expressing flies reduced bisphenol A by more than 50% when present in their growth media, while a lyophilized powder made from engineered adult flies degraded more than 90% of bisphenol A and indigo carmine in aqueous solutions. Our results demonstrate that transgenic animals may be used to bioremediate environmental contaminants in vivo and serve as novel production platforms for industrial enzymes. These results support further development of insects, and possibly other animals, as bioproduction platforms and their potential use in bioremediation.

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“…The huge amount of municipal solid waste (more than 2.1 billion tons per annum) dumped by humans is a major cause of global environmental pollution, and food waste accounts for about 25–45% of total solid waste [ 7 ]. Therefore, strategies based on the treatment of food waste are viewed as potential means of overcoming environmental pollution.…”

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Optimization of Feed Components to Improve Hermetia illucens Growth and Development of Oil Extractor to Produce Biodiesel

Lee

Yun

Goo

2021

Animals

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HIL are useful in agriculture because they can be used as feed for livestock or fertilizer and can bioconvert organic wastes, such as food waste and human and animal manure to usable fertilizer. In addition, HIL are being studied as a source of biodiesel because of their high-fat content. However, their use for biodiesel production has not been fully adopted. Here, the results showed that survival, weight gains, and total dried weight were significantly enhanced when HIL were fed dried-food waste (DFW)/chicken manure (CM). Furthermore, increased weight gain was observed in HIL fed DFW containing 5 mL waste cooking oil (WCO) per 100 g and 1.2% (v/w) fermented effective microorganism (F-EM). Based on these results, we prepared experimental feeds containing DFW, CM, WCO, and F-EM to establish an optimal feed for biodiesel production. We found that FT-1-2, a feed prepared with 60 g DFW, 40 g CM, 2 mL WCO, and 0.8% F-EM (v/w), significantly enhanced fat content, weight gain, and total dried weight of HIL. Our results indicate FT-1-2 is a suitable feed to breed HIL for biodiesel production. We then developed an automatic oil extractor for biodiesel production. The yield of the oil extractor was higher than that of solvent extraction. The study shows FT-1-2 is an optimal HIL feed for biodiesel production and that the developed oil extractor is useful for the extraction of crude oil from HIL and for the harvesting of defatted HIL frass for livestock feed and fertilizer. Taken together, we established an optimized low-cost feed for HIL breeding and developed an automatic oil extractor for the production of biodiesel from HIL.

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Use of Black Soldier Fly Larvae for Food Waste Treatment and Energy Production in Asian Countries: A Review

Cited by 99 publications

References 87 publications

Metabolite characterisation and profiling of Hermetia illucens L. larvae at various growth stages using Sesamum indicum residues as nutrient source

Metabolite characterisation and profiling of Hermetia illucens L. larvae at various growth stages using Sesamum indicum residues as nutrient source

Bioremediation of industrial pollutants by insects expressing a fungal laccase

Optimization of Feed Components to Improve Hermetia illucens Growth and Development of Oil Extractor to Produce Biodiesel

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