Nutriearth has launched its vitamin D-rich mealworm-based (Tenebrio molitor) functional flour N-utra in Europe, having obtained EU novel food status. Backed by 50 worldwide patents, the ingredient offers a natural and sustainable vitamin D3, produced without extraction, purification or chemicals. The company was greenlighted by the European Food Safety Authority last year. It obtains its yellow mealworm powder for the flour by drying and grinding whole larvae of the yellow mealworm. The powder is then treated with UV light to reduce microbial contamination.
