Founded in 2009, Protix currently supplies its insect products to pet food makers such as Nestle SA and Mars Inc. The new U.S. plant doesn’t have a site and won’t be ready before 2025.
When it is up and running, it will house "an enclosed system to support all aspects of insect protein production including the breeding, incubating, and hatching of insect larvae," according to a news release from Tyson.
Tyson CFO John Tyson said the insect processing business is a "multibillion-dollar industry opportunity" with "tremendous growth potential. In the long run insect-protein inclusion in animal-feed diets can be a real thing that exists and can be one that is good for people, planet and animals."
Protix CEO Kees Aarts -- a member of the World Economic Forum -- said the deal with Tyson is "the tipping point we have been working for."
The two companies may be starting with insect-based pet food. But forcing humans to turn to bugs for food is also a major goal of the WEF and other globalist "experts." On its website, the WEF assures us that "insect protein has high-quality properties and can be used as an alternative source of protein throughout the food chain, from feed for aquaculture to ingredients for nutritional supplements for humans and pets."