A Cape Town Startup Is Farming Black Flies As Protein For Pet Food

As strange as it sounds, Dean Smorenburg started farming with black soldier flies in his bathroom in 2016, and now the entrepreneur is exporting his ‘animal protein’ to the EU and US.

His work-related travels across the world exposed him to different technologies and business models, and in 2016 he started his unlikely business by farming black soldier flies in his bathroom. The second product is the dried-out insect that is ground into a powder that can be used as a protein or oil source in pet food. They have recently partnered with Montego – a pet food producer founded in Graaff-Reinet, in the Eastern Cape – providing its black soldier fly protein product for dog food.

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