Insect Protein is the Future: Syrine Chaalala from nextProtein

An insightful chat with Syrine Chaalala, co-founder and Managing Director of nextProtein, a Tunisia/France-based insect technology startup producing insect-based protein for animal feedstocks using food waste - returning protein to the food cycle. 

Spotlight Award Winners

nextProtein was the Winner of the Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2021 Sustainable Harvesting Spotlight Award presented by Austral Fisheries.

If your startup is innovating in the sustainable harvesting space, then apply for Pitchfest 2022 here, and select it as spotlight category!

Founded in 2015 with her partner Mohamed Gastli, nextProtein is helping to tackle land and resource scarcity using insect protein from Black Soldier Flies as feedstock for a range of industries - including poultry, pork, pet foods and of course, aquaculture. 

In this inspiring episode Syrine shares her deep knowledge, passion and experience for tackling the big issues of food security and land scarcity with a rapidly growing global population. Syrine also doesn’t hold back in sharing lots of great words of advice and wisdom for others embarking on an ocean impact startup journey. 

Fascinating fact:

1kg of nextProtein’s feed used in aquaculture can prevent 3kg of fish meal harvested from the ocean. Now that’s ocean impact!

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Amelia Heldt

Amelia is Ocean Impact Organisation's Social Media & Communications Coordinator, and co-host of the Ocean Impact Podcast. With over a decade in the graphic design industry, she was chosen as a runner-up in the UN Ocean Decade Poster Competition 2021, which saw her design exhibited at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. In 2022, she channelled her skills into helping Planet Ocean and joined OIO.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-heldt/
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