Bengaluru: Insect biotechnology startup Loopworm has announced a major sustainability breakthrough, with its silkworm-based ingredients achieving a carbon-negative footprint, according to an independent Life Cycle Assessment conducted by PwC India.
The findings establish that Loopworm is actively removing more carbon from the environment than it emits during production.
The Life Cycle Assessment reveals that producing 1 kg of Loopworm’s silkworm-based ingredients removes 2.56 kg of CO₂ equivalent on a cradle-to-gate basis.
This positions Loopworm as a significant contributor to climate-positive innovation in the animal and pet nutrition industry, where sustainability pressures are rapidly increasing.
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The assessment, conducted by PwC India in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards, evaluated Loopworm’s flagship products – LoopMeal and LoopOil – across 18 environmental impact categories.
Using the SimaPro Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool and the ReCiPe midpoint methodology, the study modeled environmental outcomes across marine, terrestrial, and human health indicators.
Loopworm Results Reinforce Scientific Approach to Sustainable Ingredient Production
According to the study, LoopMeal and LoopOil were benchmarked against conventional protein meals and oils used in animal and pet nutrition. These include widely used ingredients such as soymeal, soy oil, fishmeal, and fish oil.
The analysis found that Loopworm’s products perform favorably across all 18 sustainability parameters, highlighting reduced environmental impact while maintaining high standards of digestibility, palatability, and nutritional value.
Traditional protein sources like soymeal and fishmeal are associated with positive greenhouse gas emissions, as well as significant environmental concerns including deforestation, land use pressure, and marine ecosystem degradation.
In contrast, the insect biotech startup offers an alternative that delivers both nutritional efficiency and environmental sustainability without contributing to ecological harm.
As regulatory frameworks tighten globally and feed manufacturers across pet food, aquaculture, and livestock sectors face increasing pressure to demonstrate environmental accountability, Loopworm’s carbon-negative ingredients present a viable, future-ready solution. These solutions not only support sustainability goals but also align with evolving compliance requirements.
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Commenting on the development, Abhi Gawri, Co-Founder & COO of Loopworm, said, “We took an initiative to quantitatively prove our impact rather than qualitatively speculate it.
Our goal is to help customers future-proof health and nutrition for animals, de-risk formulations and create audit-ready pathways for Scope 3 reporting, BAP, B Corp, and EU Deforestation-Free certifications while ensuring that quality, sustainability, and social impact need not be trade-offs.”
The Life Cycle Assessment equips Loopworm with robust, audit-ready data to support its global commercial expansion.
With an established presence in highly regulated markets such as the European Union and Japan, Loopworm is well-positioned to leverage these findings to meet stringent international sustainability and reporting standards.
