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    Frass Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2021 with the goal of using black soldier flies to turn food waste into valuable animal feed and reduce carbon emissions. They initially planned to produce compost but shifted to animal feed which was a better fit. The company conducted extensive research, visiting farms and experts, to develop the right formula for using black soldier flies mixed with food waste. This included learning how to improve their product through an accelerator program. As the only Singapore company with this type of formula and supported by government grants, Frass aims to revolutionize food waste disposal and farming.

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    Frass Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2021 with the goal of using black soldier flies to turn food waste into valuable animal feed and reduce carbon emissions. They initially planned to produce compost but shifted to animal feed which was a better fit. The company conducted extensive research, visiting farms and experts, to develop the right formula for using black soldier flies mixed with food waste. This included learning how to improve their product through an accelerator program. As the only Singapore company with this type of formula and supported by government grants, Frass aims to revolutionize food waste disposal and farming.

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    Frass Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2021 with the goal of using black soldier flies to turn food waste into valuable animal feed and reduce carbon emissions. They initially planned to produce compost but shifted to animal feed which was a better fit. The company conducted extensive research, visiting farms and experts, to develop the right formula for using black soldier flies mixed with food waste. This included learning how to improve their product through an accelerator program. As the only Singapore company with this type of formula and supported by government grants, Frass aims to revolutionize food waste disposal and farming.

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    Frass Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2021 with the goal of using black soldier flies to turn food waste into valuable animal feed and reduce carbon emissions. They initially planned to produce compost but shifted to animal feed which was a better fit. The company conducted extensive research, visiting farms and experts, to develop the right formula for using black soldier flies mixed with food waste. This included learning how to improve their product through an accelerator program. As the only Singapore company with this type of formula and supported by government grants, Frass aims to revolutionize food waste disposal and farming.

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    Frass in revolutionizing farming with the Black

    Soldier Flies.
    The pandemic was a rough patch for several businesses, especially to those in the startup
    scene. But in the midst of the chaos, Frass Pte. Ltd. was born and founded. As their team of
    three is set out to solve the immediate problem of land scarcity for waste disposal, their
    beginning was inevitable.

    In 2021 Alexis Lee, Zi Han Poh and Hong Ling Lee ventured out to turn waste into valuable
    products with Black Soldier Flies (BSF). Yes, flies! These fascinating creatures feed on food
    wastes such as okaras and spent grains from factories, resulting in nutritious animal feeds
    produced with less carbon footprint.

    Black Soldier Flies fronting the war.

    Spearheading Frass Pte. Ltd.’s vision is the BSF which in the beginning was supposed to be
    turned into compost/fertilizers. But due to quicker and cheaper chemical product alternatives,
    the response to their organic product wasn’t as positive as they had hoped it to be. Quick to
    think on their feet, they remodeled their business model. Constantly asking themselves ‘How do
    I make Frass work? How can I be relevant? How can I be involved in the farmer's pain point?
    How can I be part of the solution to fight for our environment?’ The purpose of BSF was then
    altered to be animal feed. They found it to be a solution that best fit BSF after proposing the
    idea to a poultry farm. This has led them to further their research with BSF, to find the perfect
    balance of mixing BSF into food waste for a better alternative to animal feed.

    Getting the formula right.


    New business model, cost, farmer demands, research, solutions - there was a lot to consider
    during the development of their products. Their team went on farm tours. They contacted
    several BSF farmers from Africa and Malaysia. They took on challenges one after the other for
    Frass’ improvement. ‘We cracked our heads to find solutions. We communicated and worked
    well as a team to get us here. We did not call this idea off because we believed in our vision.No
    effort was spared.’

    It came to a point where they were given the choice between their stable jobs and Frass. It was
    a requirement to claim a 50,000 USD start-up grant. But having Frass’ potential in their hearts
    and minds, an opportunity to change the entire game for farmers worldwide, they knew the
    choice they had to make. Now, fully committed to Frass, they are dedicated to always finding
    ways to improve their product. And one of the ways they have found to do so was to sign up to
    Lithan Academy. Here they learned how to better their Minimal Viable Product (MVP), having a
    framework for it to better fit the needs of their consumers.

    Being the only company in Singapore developing a formula of their kind while being supported
    by Enterprise Singapore and institutions such as Republic Polytechnic, Frass’ brings a lot of
    promise to revolutionizing the disposal of food waste and farming. We can only follow along their
    journey as they bring Singapore’s innovation to the spotlight together with their success; which
    along with their strong will and immense passion for Frass’ does not seem impossible.

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