The biotech pet food startup was one of 37 businesses to be awarded a grant through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program.

The company has released two treats and a meal topper, all formulated with a single ingredient: dried black soldier fly larvae.

The two companies have partnered to tap further into the growing market for insect proteins in animal food as a sustainable and environmentally friendly option.

The line, After Dark, features four minced pâté formulas, each with 95% meat from animal liver, lung and kidney proteins.

Insect protein, fava beans and millet are a few alternative sources being used in Purina’s new Beyond Nature’s Protein diets for dogs and cats.

The ingredient, NexPro®, is derived from co-products of the ethanol production process and will compete with corn gluten meal, fishmeal, soy and corn protein concentrates as a new high-protein, plant-based ingredient for pet food and feed production.

Alligator, insects, lab-cultured proteins and yeast are just a few of many sustainable meat alternatives being incorporated into pet food and treat products.

The company followed its fresh meat philosophy in developing LIBERTY, its newest line of minimally processed dog kibbles at affordable prices.

Ÿnsect closed its recent series C funding round with $372 million from global investors, which will contribute to the completion of its vertical farm and processing facility and expansion into North America.

The company cut the ribbon at its new $50 million, 105,000-sq-ft freeze-dried pet food ingredient plant in Seward on Sept. 1.