Solid-state fermentation of hemp waste: enhancing the performance of Hermetia illucens larvae and altering the composition of hemp secondary metabolites
Autoren: Wael Yakti, Nadja Förster, Marcus Müller, Sebastian Beck, Simon Schulz, Inga Mewis, Christian Ulrichs
CUBES Circle | 01.2025
Solid-state fermentation (SSF) can increase the nutritional quality of low value substrates for insects. In this study, SSF using different fungal species was applied on a hemp waste substrate, and the fermentation was followed by a black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) feeding experiment during which 300 larvae were grown on 200 g (20.1% DM) substrate for 7–9 days depending on the treatment. Besides assessing the BSFL performance parameters, the presence of hemp cannabinoids, flavonoids, and terpenes was assessed through the process and compared among the treatments. The results show that BSFL growth parameters varied depending on the fungal species used. Fermenting the substrate with