Flybox Raises £1.8M in First 2 Years to Build World-First End-to-End Insect Farm, Democratising Insect Farming Globally

Flybox, a UK-based agri-tech company, proudly announces the commencement of the world’s first end-to-end modular insect farm this March in Aylesbury. 

This follows a successful funding round which increased Flybox financing to £1.8m, including over £1m in grants from Innovate UK and the European Union.

 Flybox’s groundbreaking modular technology will unlock the tremendous benefits of insect farming for the entire food supply chain, by directly deploying their tech solution where waste is produced, or feed is needed.

We are projected to be 60 Million Tonnes short of Protein by 2030. Demand for Animal Feed is expected to Double by 2050. Climate extremes, economic shocks and soaring food & fertiliser prices reap chaos for food producers around the globe.

The Flybox Grow®, their first market-ready insect farming unit, is an off the shelf modular solution that transforms organic waste into insect-protein for animal feed, and Frass for fertiliser. It unlocks circular waste management for food producers, retailers and farmers on a global scale. It provides a top quality source of feed and enrichment for farmers on their own land. 

The average large supermarket, farmer or food producer could take 20+ Flybox Grow containers per site, which could upcycle up to 6,500t of waste per year and save 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year per site—equivalent to the emissions of 1,200 people in the UK.

Flybox is now building a demonstrator of the world's first end-to-end modular insect-farm in Aylesbury, UK. Focussing on affordability and adaptability the modular insect farm will enable any player in the food industry to purchase Black Soldier Fly breeding, nursery, growing, waste management and product processing solutions separately or combined into a fully functioning and made-to-order, ready-to-go insect farm. Once ordered the farm is constructed locally and delivered to their chosen site(s). The animal feed (£450bn) and fertiliser (£250bn) market is a prime target for innovative solutions like Flybox.

“Flybox aims to ease access to insect-farming technology, moving away from the era of exclusively centralised insect-farming facilities”, says CEO Andrea Jagodic. “Now is the time for the industry to open up and offer solutions directly to waste producers and food producers—including the developing world.”

While Europe has advanced waste usage systems like biogas production and composting, Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind, with Kenya alone generating 14,000 tonnes of consumer food waste daily. With Flybox, governments in developing countries can finally modernise high-priority food waste policies whilst simultaneously reaping environmental, social and economic rewards.

‘As many as 828 million people are unsure of where their next meal is coming from. We have a choice: act now to save lives and invest in solutions that secure food security stability and peace for all, or see people around the world facing rising hunger.’ - The World Food Programme

Flybox’s big unlock comes off the back of a hyper successful run of projects in Kenya and the UK in partnership with local companies, NGOs and government. By unlocking insect-tech solutions for food producers, retailers and farmers everywhere, Flybox is poised to play a significant role in accelerating the global transition to circular agriculture.

Join our Live-Virtual Media Briefing on May 17 with Andrea, Larry (Flybox), and distinguished global experts to discuss insect-farming's role in sustainable food production and how Flybox tech addresses global environmental, social, and economic problems on a global scale.

Pet Food Company, Webbox, ships thousands of meals to help pets in Ukraine

The UK’s popular and quickest-growing pet food brand, Webbox, has pledged its backing and support to pets who are impacted by the crisis in Ukraine by sending over thousands of meals. 

Webbox is working with heroic charity, Breaking the Chains, who continue to operate in Ukraine’s most dangerous areas – areas that no other organisation can get to – to rescue animals, deliver supplies and ensure those left behind are not forgotten.

With a pet population of over 7 million cats and 5 million dogs in Ukraine, there is a real need for support in terms of food, and equipment for those pets that have been left behind when their owners have either sadly been killed or had to flee their homes. The UK pet industry has come together to pledge food and financial aid since the war began but this crisis is not going away.

Says Webbox CEO, Tony Raeburn: “At this year’s People’s Pet Awards, we were lucky enough to meet Tom, a brave soldier who risked his life to rescue pets from the Ukraine battlefield. We reached out to Tom to see how we could support his charity, Breaking the Chains, where he explained that they were in desperate need of pet food.

As a company extremely passionate about pets, we jumped at the chance to help! Our truck of food has now arrived in Ukraine with much-needed supplies to enable Tom and his team to provide support to pets fleeing the Ukraine conflict.”

https://www.webbox.co.uk/

Vitawell Products

Vitawell is a top selling and trusted UK vitamins and food supplements brand, which provides high quality ingredients in a range of formats and flavours for the whole family.

These include some fantastic gummy products which my wife finds specially useful for her requirements. Not everyone can easily swallow tablets or capsules and she finds gummy vitamins and supplements especially helpful.

What's available?

Adult Chewable Multivitamin Tablets (Orange), Adult Chewable Multivitamin Tablets (Raspberry & Strawberry), Adult High Strength Vit D Gummies Blackcurrant, Adult Multivitamin Gummies Raspberry, Calcium + Vit D 120’s, Glucosamine + Vit C 90’s, Omega 3 1000mg 60’s, CLO (Cod Liver Oil), 500mg 120’s, Energy effervescents, Vegan B12 Gummies 60’s, Vegan B12 Chewable 60’s, Turmeric & Black Pepper 60’s, Vitawell Beauty Shine & Glow Capsules, Vitawell Hair Lush Locks Capsules, Vitawell Collagen Total Beauty Capsules, Vitawell Energy Vita Voom Gummies, Vitawell Collagen Total Beauty Gummies, Vitawell Hair Lush Locks Gummies, Vitawell Beauty Shine & Glow Gummies.

There really is something for everyone of all ages, sexes and requirements. 

To learn more and to make your purchases visit them at https://www.vitawellvitamins.com/

Revolution Gummies

With our current hectic lifestyles which post-COVID lockdown seem to be even more hectic now, looking after our own health and wellbeing can sometimes seem to take a back seat.

However, now if you nip along to Superdrug stores, or the Superdrug website you can purchase Revolution Gummies.

What Revolution Gummies are available?

Beauty and Brains. Crammed full of beauty boosting ingredients like Vitamin C, E and biotin, all aimed at helping you have healthier nails and hair. Also you'll be able to support your cognitive function with the Omega 3 that it contains.

Beauty Sleep. Just chomp down on two gummies 30 minutes or so before retiring to bed to allow yourself to slowly wind down until you slide into a blissful night of wonderfully restorative sleep!

Plumper Skin. This product is a real boon and a benefit for those of us who need help with our skin. It's crammed with Vitamin C and designed to offer smooth and plump skin, but all from within your own body.

PMS Support. For women who suffer from this dreadful monthly condition these gummies are specially designed and formulated to help reduce and ease the common symptoms of period pain and also help yo balance out your hormones.  

Snacking? Get Boundless

Snacking, the censorious will tell you, is bad. However, that's not the case. Snacking is ideal for people who are always on the go or who need to keep glucose levels under sensible control, for example. However, the censorious have it partially correct. Mindless snacking can't be good for us. So, that would mean that mindful snacking must be good for us, yes?

Yes! Yes indeed! And if you check out the wonderful offerings from Boundless Gut Happy Snacking you'll be able to indulge your snacking requirements in a way that will fit in very nicely with the healthier lifestyle that we are aspiring to.

They are gluten free, vegan friendly, high fibre, good gut health and high in protein. All good boxes to tick, but Boundless ticks one more equally important box, that of tasting great!

What's available? Chips: Sour cheese and onion, Smokey Bacon, Sea salt and vinegar, Chipotle and Lime.

Nuts and seeds including Cayenne and rosemary, Turmeric and smoked paprika, Orange and maple syrup, Smoky BBQ nuts and seeds, Sweet chilli nuts and seeds, Salt and chilli pepper nuts and seeds.

Just check them out and place your orders here:- https://weareboundless.co.uk/.

Travelling afar? Then ProVen means you'll travel happy

It's a sad fact, but holiday tummy troubles and gut issues caused whilst on holidays and work trips abroad can blight the lives of millions of Britons travelling abroad, with a staggering two-thirds suffering from upset stomachs, a new health survey has learned. 

Travelling abroad and being exposed to new foods and different cultures can have an unfortunate impact on our digestive systems in a number of ways. Providing support for the microbiome can help when we are travelling for work or for pleasure is very important.

Unfamiliar foods, new routines, air travel and exposure to different ‘local’ bacteria may disturb the normal healthy balance of our microbiome and lead to tummy troubles and travellers’ diarrhoea. Which is no joke.

Introducing ProVen Probiotics for Travel - from the world's most clinically proven probiotics brand.

It contains friendly bacteria that has the sole aims of helping to  keep your gut happy, healthy and balanced.

ProVen Probiotics For Travel costs £9.95.

It includes:

○ 12.5 billion ProVen probiotics per capsule

○ For both business and holiday travel

○ With ginger, glutamine, aloe vera and calcium for additional digestive support whilst

travelling.

ProVen Probiotics are available from nationwide Holland & Barrett stores all over the UK.

And you can shop the full range at www.provenprobiotics.com

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/stomach-liver-and-gastrointestinal-tract/stomach

HUX is a new, natural health supplement brand

HUX  is a stunning and new natural health supplement brand with a heck of a lot to offer to the health aware consumer.  Because it has something for everyone.

Having had COVID several time, my wife and I were diagnosed with long COVID. This left us with varying degrees of brain fog, poor focus and low energy.

HUX Nootropics are designed to help sharpen your focus, help increase energy levels plus help improve your brain health.

There's also HUX Sleep which are designed to help lowered anxiety levels and help reduce inflammation and help you receive good, restorative sleep.

There's also HUX Beauty capsules, which helps give you thicker hair, tougher more resilient nails, plus skin that is more radiant. 

Do you suffer from hydration issues, including cramps? I do. And I regularly use effervescing hydration tablets.

Some of them taste unpleasant, to be honest. Being reminiscent of citrus toilet blocks. But then! Then I discovered HUX effervescing hydration tablets.

I have tried HUX Watermelon flavour and HUX Ginger and Lemongrass flavour. Not only do they help me with my hydration and cramp issues, they also taste amazing, too. In fact, they taste so good that if you didn't know they were hydration tablets you would presume they were "just" refreshing drink tablets! 

HUX products are great and they actually work, too.

Other products are available, including Superfood Blends (another great tasting product that works really well, too.) 

To learn more and to place your orders please visit them at https://huxhealth.com

Vitabiotics Half a century of being there for folks

Who is Vitabiotics? Vitabiotics is the UK’s number one vitamin company. 

For in excess of half a century, Vitabitoics has been firmly committed to helping people like you and us to be at our best, day after day and whatever life throws at us. 

All Vitabiotics products are based on the latest, top-notch research, helping to ensure that all formulations are evidence-based and provide balanced, moderate levels of nutrients in effective formulas. 

This approach has helped create a wonderful and wide range of market-leading supplements including Pregnacare, Wellman, Wellwoman, Perfectil and Feroglobin, keeping Vitabiotics at the forefront of the healthcare categories they helped pioneer.

Vitabiotics is the only vitamin company to win the Queen’s Award four times, including twice for innovation, and works with charities around the world that share their passion for empowering people to live healthily and happily. Above all else, Vitabiotics remains the same independent, family-run British business it has always been – a name people trust for safe, balanced and effective support.

Jointace Original 

With the warmer weather, many of us are getting back into exercising so it’s important to protect our joints with all the extra movement. Jointace Original has been developed by Vitabiotics nutritional experts and provides unique combinations of trace minerals, vitamins and nutrients, ideal for those with an active life. Along with trace minerals, 

Jointace Original provides Glucosamine present in the preferred potassium form, and a high-quality LMW (low molecular weight) form of Chondroitin, together with Ginger Root extract and Turmeric, well-known botanical ingredients. Copper contributes to the maintenance of normal connective tissues. Vitamin D, zinc and manganese all help to maintain normal bones. 

Perfectil Skin

Did you know that your skin is an organ of your body? Which is one reason why we need to keep our skin good.

And when our skin feels good, we feel good too, but everyday factors including pollution, lifestyle and diet can affect our skin in many ways. 

Perfectil Skin is a patent-protected formula with nutrients for even greater support for your skin. Perfectil Skin provides the original effective Perfectil formula for skin, hair and nails, plus the additional benefit of a specialist Nutri-dermal™ capsule. 

Each Nutri-dermal™ capsule provides extra specific nutrients targeted at skin health including extra biotin, which contributes to the maintenance of normal skin, essential Omega-3 fatty acids from Fish oil and Omega-6 fatty acids from Starflower and Blackcurrant Seed oil plus Lutein, Coenzyme Q10 and Lycopene extract. 

Perfectil works by delivering nourishment through the bloodstream so works 'from within'. Each Perfectil Original tablet contains a range of over 20 micronutrients with specific ingredients for skin, hair and nails. Perfectil Skin can be taken on a daily basis, as part of your regular beauty regime, and replaces your usual multivitamin supplement.

Wellwoman Energy

Whilst it's true that the injection of sunshine into our lives will give us more energy but with our social calendars jam-packed, we can still feel low in energy, even in the summertime. Wellwoman Energy is an advanced effervescent formula designed to provide nutritional support on the go and an extra boost of energy-releasing vitamins when needed. 

Each tablet conveniently dissolves into a glass of water to make a great-tasting lime or orange flavoured drink with just 9 calories. Wellwoman Energy includes vitamins C, B6, B12 and minerals zinc and iron to support normal immune system function, plus riboflavin (vitamin B2). The advanced formula also provides L-Carnitine.

Wellwoman Gummies

These delicious, berry-flavoured gummy multivitamins are designed to help maintain health & vitality in women of all ages. Ideal for those who don’t like swallowing tablets. In total, there are 22 nutrients including B6 and B12 which contribute to normal energy release, the regulation of hormonal activity with B6 and immune support with vitamins A, C, D plus folic acid and copper which contribute to the normal function of the immune system. They’re also vegan friendly and contain no artificial sweeteners, colours, or flavours. Instead, artificial “sugar-free” sweeteners are used meaning Wellwoman Gummies have reduced sugar when compared to a typical full glucose sugar gummy. Like all products at Vitabiotics, Wellwoman has been developed by a team of scientific experts.

(Incidentally, my wife loves Wellwoman Gummies!)

https://www.vitabiotics.com.

BlueIron is a great tasting iron supplement

Many people are needing an iron boost in their diet. But just adding iron to your diet is just not enough. You need to be able to take iron supplements that are readily available for absorption by your body. 

Well, how does a lack of iron impact on your body? Many times this means that you will be feeling run down, tired, fatigued and lacking your usual energy levels. 

These could all be signs that your body is low in iron. 

BlueIron is the only iron supplement made with delicious Nordic blueberries, and just one dose of BlueIron will provide your full recommended daily intake of iron which will contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, and the normal functioning of your immune system. 

With the added benefit of a patented micro-encapsulated form of iron, it is easily absorbed and gentle on the stomach. And it also really does taste very nice! 

A 250ml bottle will cost £16.00. You can buy them at Sainsburys, Boots, Superdrug and also via Amazon.

Women, you need to get SHREDDY!

SHREDDY is the UKs no.1 women's fitness transformation app and award-winning nutrition and supplement brand which was founded by fitness entrepreneur and expert Grace Beverly. 

SHREDDY Daily Dose 

Price: £17.99 

The SHREDDY Daily Dose multivitamin drink packs a nutritious punch and will help you reach your daily dose with 9 vitamins all in one nifty, tasty drink. With only 31 calories, the refreshing Daily Dose is 100% vegan and is available in three mouth-watering flavours.

Rich in Vitamin B6 & B12 to help reduce fatigue, Vitamin C to improve your immune system as well as Biotin and Niacin to help maintain healthy hair and skin, SHREDDY Daily Dose sounds too good to be true and is available in Pink Lemonade, Peach Iced Tea and Pina Colada.

SHREDDY’S Daily Dose is priced at £22 and is available to purchase at shreddy.com. SHREDDY are offering for a limited time the Pink Lemonade and Peach Iced Tea Daily Dose at a special price of £17.99. SHREDDY Daily Dose is also available to purchase from SuperDrug.com.

There's also a whole range of other SHREDDY products, including protein bars, powders and more.

My wife loves SHREDDY!