A 2013 United Nations report says insects can feed the world's growing population, with less effect on the environment than other foods. What to know about this potential new source of protein:
Dec. 6, 2018 -- Farrah Bauer was debating which ice cream topping she should order when she saw it. Or rather, them. Chocolate-covered crickets.
A 2013 United Nations report says insects can feed the world's growing population, with less effect on the environment than other foods. “Crickets get the attention," says Gina Louise Hunter, PhD, an associate professor of anthropology at Illinois State University in Normal, who is writing a book for consumers about edible insects. But, she says,"there are about 2,000 species of insects known to be edible” around the world. While some, like crickets and mealworms, are raised in captivity, “the majority worldwide are wild harvested.
Researchers gathered again this year to discuss insect agriculture at the Eating Insects Athens conference at the University of Georgia.At Armstrong's Cricket Farm, Armstrong, the owner and president, says a mere 3% of his orders are destined to be eaten by humans. But they have the capacity for much more."We may put out about 8,000 pounds of frozen crickets a week," he says. The other orders go to museums, for instance, to feed reptiles, or are sold as fish bait.
The amount of protein varies by product. According to the maker of Chirps chips, with cricket powder, a 1-ounce serving has 4 grams of protein. A 2-ounce Exo Cricket Protein Bar in appleEarlier this year, researchers from Rutgers University in New Jersey debunked the prevailing wisdom that digesting insects may be a problem because mammals can't produce an enzyme that breaks down an insect's outer shell, or exoskeleton.
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