System and method for freeze-drying batches of frozen insects for industrial scale production of freeze-dried protein rich food.

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for freeze-drying batches of frozen insects for industrial scale production of freeze-dried protein rich food. The system comprises a vessel with a drawer embodied as an elongated canister having over at least a majority of its length a canister wall that is open at a part of its circumference in cross- section to define a bottom and an opening at the top. The canister is provided with a mechanical mixer comprising at least one mobile blade. A mixer drive motor is provided that connects to a transmission assembly of the canister when received in the vessel, so that operation of the mixer drive motor causes the mobile blade to move and entrain therewith a portion of the batch of insects to increase exposure thereof.