Chapul Cricket Protein

What Chapul Cricket Protein does

Chapul Cricket Protein, operating under the trade name Chapul Farms, is a Salt Lake City-based private company founded in 2012 that designs, builds, and operates insect farms using Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) to convert organic waste into two commercial outputs: high-protein animal feed and nutrient-rich frass fertilizer. The company's core technology exploits the ability of BSFL to digest nearly any organic waste stream — reportedly consuming up to four times their own weight in waste — producing larvae biomass suitable for pet food, aquaculture, and livestock feed markets, alongside a natural soil amendment derived from larvae excrement and exoskeletons. The business has evolved from an early consumer-facing cricket protein bar product into a B2B circular-economy model serving the animal feed and agriculture industries.

The company operates a direct e-commerce storefront on chapulfarms.com and distributes through a limited, primarily organic-social and earned-media channel mix that has produced tier-one coverage in Bloomberg, BBC, Fast Company, atmos.earth, and Lancaster Farming. Press coverage, including a referenced $75 million grant for frass-based fertilizer operations, points to capital deployment intended to scale BSFL facilities — including into Oregon — though specific revenue figures, customer logos, and ownership details remain undisclosed. Leadership is led by CEO Patrick Crowley, and the organization remains small at 1-10 employees, suggesting the company is at pilot or early-commercial scale rather than at mass production.

Pricing is not publicly disclosed and no institutional ownership, acquisition history, or formal partnership network has been documented in the available source material. The go-to-market is essentially single-channel: a direct e-commerce presence plus inbound awareness generated by sustainability-focused media, with the value proposition centered on waste-upcycling economics rather than direct consumer marketing.

Name

Chapul Cricket Protein

Legal name

Chapul Farms

Website

https://chapul.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chapul Farms (DBA of Chapul Cricket Protein) operates Black Soldier Fly Larvae insect farms in Salt Lake City that convert organic waste into high-protein animal feed and frass fertilizer for the animal feed, pet food, aquaculture, and agriculture sectors via direct e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Animal Feed

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (3111)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Insect Farming (Crickets, Mealworms, Black Soldier Fly) (AFAEAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Insect Protein Ingredients (Cricket, Black Soldier Fly, Mealworm) (AFAJAHAG), Insect-Based Protein Foods Manufacturing (AFAKAGAJ), Organics Transfer & Pre-Processing (Food/Yard Waste) (EUAIABAD)

Keywords

• Insect protein feed
• Black soldier fly farming
• Organic waste conversion
• Sustainable animal feed
• Organic fertilizer production

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Chapul Farms designs, builds, and operates insect farms using Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) to rapidly convert organic waste into two co-products: high-protein animal feed for livestock, aquaculture, and pet food applications, and nutrient-rich organic fertilizer derived from the larvae's excrement and exoskeletons (frass). The single production process yields both outputs simultaneously as part of a closed-loop circular agricultural system.

Product overview

Chapul Farms designs, builds, and operates insect farms that rapidly convert organic waste into two valuable products: high protein animal feed and nutrient-rich fertilizer. The company uses Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) technology to digest organic waste materials and produce sustainable outputs. The core product offering consists of animal feed (protein from insect larvae) and frass-based fertilizer, working together as part of a circular agricultural system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High Protein Animal Feed Insect-based animal feed produced by Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) that rapidly convert organic waste into high-protein feed for livestock, aquaculture, and pet food applications. Sold via Chapul Farms' direct e-commerce storefront.
• Nutrient-Rich Fertilizer (Frass) Organic fertilizer produced from the excrement and exoskeletons (frass) of black soldier flies, returning carbon and nutrients to soil as a natural soil amendment. Sold alongside the animal feed line via the Chapul Farms website.

Quantifiable outcome

• BSFL can eat four times their own weight in organic waste

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• InnovaFeed: French industrial-scale insect protein producer using Black Soldier Fly larvae to produce animal feed (aquaculture, pet food) and fertilizer. Directly competes with Chapul on the same biology, products, and circular-economy narrative.
• Ÿnsect: French insect farming company producing protein and fertilizer from mealworms. Competes with Chapul in the broader insect-for-feed-and-fertilizer category targeting pet food, aquaculture, and agriculture.
• EnviroFlight: US-based Black Soldier Fly larvae producer supplying animal feed ingredients and fertilizer from organic waste streams. Closest US-based direct peer to Chapul with overlapping customers and technology.
• Beta Hatch: North American insect rearing company using BSFL to convert organic waste into protein for animal feed. Operates in the same geography and technology category as Chapul.
• Protix: Dutch Black Soldier Fly larvae producer focused on pet food, aquaculture feed, and organic fertilizer. Direct BSFL peer to Chapul with a similar dual-product (feed + frass) value proposition.
• AgriProtein: South Africa-headquartered insect protein company using BSFL to convert organic waste into feed (MagMeal) and fertilizer (MagSoil). Comparable circular-economy, dual-output model to Chapul.

Regional players

• Nutrition Technologies: Southeast Asia-based BSFL producer making protein meal, oil, and frass for animal feed and agriculture. Comparable biology and product mix; serves a different primary geography than Chapul.

Broad incumbents

• Darling Ingredients: Large producer of sustainable animal feed ingredients (including fats, proteins, and specialty ingredients) from rendering and circular streams. Established incumbent that insect protein entrants like Chapul must compete against for shelf and contract wins.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness and animal nutrition giant with significant animal feed and protein interests. A potential customer, partner, or competitive incumbent as insect-based feed is adopted at scale.

Emerging players

• Entocycle: Insect farming technology company developing automated BSFL production systems. Adjacent to Chapul as an enabling/technology peer in the insect farming space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chapul-inc-
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• Facebookfacebook.com/timeline

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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