Lu Mei-chun, head of the silkworm and honeybee division of the MDARES, estimates that it takes about 25 days to harvest genetic proteins from silkworms. The process is incredibly economically efficient. Over the course of its life, each silkworm consumes approximately 20 grams of mulberry leaves, which increases its bodyweight by about 10,000 times and enables it to produce about 9.3 milligrams of the desired protein.
苗栗農改場蠶蜂課課長盧美君則估計，利用蠶寶寶收成基因蛋白，整個流程不過 25 天，餵食桑葉的總量才 20 公克，體重即可成長一萬倍，平均一隻蠶可萃取約 9.3 毫克的蛋白質，經濟效益相當驚人。