Insect meal startup on path to rapid expansion after pivot, founder says

Felix Collins, founder and CEO of Full Circle Biotechnology, still believes insect meal has a place in animal feed, but maybe not as a standalone product just yet.

At a time when other leading insect companies are closing or looking to restructure, Full Circle Biotechnology is on track to build a new 7,000 metric ton facility northwest of Bangkok this fall, and could build a second facility as soon as next year, Collins told Feed Strategy. The expansion, he said, is warranted by a sudden explosion in demand for the company's primary product: not insect meal, as originally envisioned, but finished aquafeed.