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What Is Required for Edible Insects to Become Medical Food? From a Health Professionals and Caregivers’ Perspective

Insects, 2020
The challenge in the edible insect industry is to reverse consumers’ aversion to insects, which is a barrier to their consumption. This requires innovation by users rather than producers.
Harry Jeong, Kwangsoo Shin
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A Systematic Review on Viruses in Mass-Reared Edible Insect Species

Viruses, 2021
Edible insects are expected to become an important nutrient source for animals and humans in the Western world in the near future. Only a few studies on viruses in edible insects with potential for industrial rearing have been published and concern only ...
Michela Bertola, Franco Mutinelli
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Benefits and Risks of Consuming Edible Insects

Dera Natung Government College Research Journal, 2020
Insect eating has been reported for a long time, and they are consumed in raw and processed forms by several cultures around the world, especially in developing countries, where they are typically regarded as a delicacy in addition to providing nutrients,
Pura Yashung, Karsing Megu, Jaya Narah, Jharna Chakravorty   +3 more
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Edible Insects an Alternative Nutritional Source of Bioactive Compounds: A Review

Molecules, 2023
Edible insects have the potential to become one of the major future foods. In fact, they can be considered cheap, highly nutritious, and healthy food sources. International agencies, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), have focused their
Donatella Aiello, Marcella Barbera, David Bongiorno, Matteo Cammarata, Valentina Censi, Serena Indelicato, Fabio Mazzotti, Anna Napoli, Daniela Piazzese, Filippo Saiano   +9 more
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Utilization of Edible-Insects as Protein Substitute in Food and Effects of Processing on Their Nutrient Contents and Protein Functionalities

Food ScienTech Journal, 2022
Population growth, poverty and climate change dictate the need for additional protein sources. Edible insects are potential protein substitutes and can provide both humans and animals with the required amount of protein, essential amino acids, and other ...
Nura Abdullahi, Enerst Chukwusoro Igwe, Munir Abba Dandago, Abdurrashid Rilwan, Hassana Jibril, Raliya Iliyasu   +5 more
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Physicochemical and textural properties of emulsions prepared from the larvae of the edible insects Tenebrio molitor, Allomyrina dichotoma, and Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis

Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2021
The use of edible insects to replace meat protein is important to ensure future global food security. However, processed foods using edible insects require development to enhance consumer perception.
Tae-Kyung Kim, Hae In Yong, Samooel Jung, Jung-Min Sung, Hae Won Jang, Yun-Sang Choi   +5 more
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Edible Insects: A New Sustainable Nutritional Resource Worth Promoting

Foods, 2023
Edible insects are a highly nutritious source of protein and are enjoyed by people all over the world. Insects contain various other nutrients and beneficial compounds, such as lipids, vitamins and minerals, chitin, phenolic compounds, and antimicrobial ...
Mengjiao Li, Chengjuan Mao, Xin Li, Lei Jiang, Wen Zhang, Mengying Li, Huixue Liu, Yaowei Fang, Shu Liu, Guang Yang, Xiaoyue Hou   +10 more
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A Literature Review of the Use of Weeds and Agricultural and Food Industry By-Products to Feed Farmed Crickets (Insecta; Orthoptera; Gryllidae)

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Global socioeconomic systems exacerbate disparities that leave a disturbing proportion of the human population malnourished, making conventional food sources such as animal livestock unsustainable at global scales.
Camille Kuo, Brian L. Fisher
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Indigenous Knowledge about Consumption of Edible Insects in South Africa

Insects, 2020
Consumption of edible insects is an indigenous practice that has played an essential role in human nutrition across Africa. The traditional use of insects forms an important part of food culture in Africa, and insects are consumed either as a delicacy ...
Zabentungwa T. Hlongwane, Rob Slotow, Thinandavha C. Munyai   +2 more
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Life cycle assessment of edible insects (Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis larvae) as a future protein and fat source

Scientific Reports, 2021
Because it is important to develop new sustainable sources of edible protein, insects have been recommended as a new protein source. This study applied Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to investigate the environmental impact of small-scale edible insect ...
Amin Nikkhah, Sam Van Haute, Vesna Jovanovic, Heejung Jung, Jo Dewulf, Tanja Cirkovic Velickovic, Sami Ghnimi   +6 more
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