"Mealworms, or more precisely the larvae of the mealworm beetle, have a much higher protein content than chicken, around fifty-five percent more, and taste slightly nutty," Ngo reports.Įver since, he’s been fascinated by insect protein. So Ngo came up with the idea of adding mealworm meal to fruit smoothies to provide a high-quality source protein. However, his flatmates would not have been very pleased if he had cooked meat in the flat. While the ambitious athlete had nothing against delicious fish meals, he was nevertheless looking for a cheaper source of protein to maintain his performance level. While there, he rented a room in a flat which he shared with pescovegetarians. After completing his master's degree in psychology & management in Frankfurt, Ngo attended Boston University to round off his university education with an MS in global marketing management. This was the case for the founder of Alpha-Protein GmbH, Gia Tien Ngo. Innovations often arise from solutions to everyday problems.
The mealworm casting can of course be fed to the red wigglers turning it into the highly nutritional worm cast.Gia Tien Ngo is founder and managing director of Alpha-Protein GmbH. Although it can be used directly in planting, the nutritional aspect is not as high as worm casts. Mealworm casting is usually sandier and drier in texture. These added materials of exoskeletons and dead larvae will break down in the same way. No doubt there will also be many dead insects in there which are broken down into the final wormcast product. A wormery is made up of a complex ecosystem with many different insects co-existing. The beetles, pupae, dead larvae and molted exoskeletons can also be dumped. These are all very nutritious and when blended, it provides a great mixture of nitrogen and carbon. Good news is that all of the things mentioned in the above list can be thrown into a wormery, especially the wheat bran, oats, apple slices and potato slices. “My question, can the waste products from mealworm farming, (mealworm castings – frass -, molted exoskeletons, dead larvae, pupae and adult beetles, wheat bran, oats, apple slices and potato slices) be used as food for red wigglers? I like the newsletter.
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