OUR Solutions
We see four key challenges and we're working hard to resolve them.
Conversion
Food waste to feed and fertiliser
We're currently working on our patented, super efficient GrubBox. Designed to utilise natures own recycling titans...Insects or more specifically Black Soldier Fly Larvae. GrubBox, is modular, highly efficient, and super deployable. Once in production, GrubBox will be complemented by CompBox our state of the art composter.
Scalability
Go local!
Moving biomass hugely increases its carbon footprint and cost profile. To be efficient in both respects, conversion solutions need to be deployed scientifically. We're now working on cutting edge distribution models to ensure that our deployments are based on science.
Traceability
What's in our food's, food?
Not all nutrient outputs are destined to reenter the human food chain but if they are, you have to be 100% confident of where they came from and what they constitute. Thankfully new technologies such as blockchain are just made to help resolve this audit trail dilemma.
Visibility
How do I know my supply chain is Green?
Food supply chains are incredibly complex and if you're a major retailer or food processor you need to know that everyone within yours are doing their upmost to ensure that your customers can rely on the environmental integrity of your products and processes. InsPro is working on a Green dashboard to provide transparency and visibility to those who need it.
OUR WORK
Some fascinating projects we've had the privilege to work on
Replacing the fish in fishmeal
Farmed fish eat wild fish
The majority of farmed fish today are largely fed on fish meal and soy. Fish meal consists in the main of powdered anchovies and sandeels...wild fish only small ones...and it takes on average 6kg of wild fish to make 1kg of fishmeal. Soy is often grown from GM seed on forest cleared land. Inspro have been working with a major retailer and fish farmer to investigate the viability of BSFL as a replacement to fishmeal.
Making maggots tasty
Fish can be fussy
Unsurprisingly taste is a significant factor in the success of any feed. We took on a project to try feeding a whole smorgasbord of ingredients from brewers grains to cheese to our BSFL to test growth rates and how appetising they became to trout.
InsPro Partners
The TEAM
Commercial & Academic
Zara Skinmore
Accountancy
Zara is an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial chartered accountant from the FMCG, manufacturing & hospitality sectors.
Richard Small, MBA
CEO Founder
Richard founded InsPro in 2017 to better valorise food substrates using innovative engineering & business planning to industrialise bio-conversion using Black Soldier Fly Larvae. He is passionate about commercial environmentalism.
Jonathan Callcut
Chairman Non-exec
Jonathan brings a wealth of experience in building and funding new businesses. He was CEO of Reevoo and is now actively supporting several tech start-ups. He was introduced to InsPro through SETsquared.
Dr Edward Hammond
Engineer
Ed uses his broad range of engineering skills to enable a holistic approach to equipment design, producing innovative systems for refrigeration, indoor farming, food waste processing and controlled environments.
Prof Kieran Magee
Science Officer
Kieran's work at Liverpool University with Inspro, resulted in the publication, 'Valorisation of Organic Waste By-Products Using Black Soldier Fly as a Bio-Convertor'.
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8345/htm
Dr James Suckling
Supply Chain
Optimisation
James works at the University of Surrey in the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering. He works with InsPro on Supply Chain Optimisation using innovative software.
