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Consumer value‐based edible insect market segmentation [edible insect market segmentation]
Entomological Research, 2020AbstractEdible insect food products have been launched and in the market since 2011. Since then the number of companies that produce edible insect food product has increased greatly. However, the guidance of how these firms should effectively target which consumer market is unclear. The goal of this study is to provide information about the US consumer
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2019
In the tropics more than 2000 insect species are eaten. Most are only seasonally available, and the local population uses a number of techniques to harvest them. In the western world, insects are not known as food. However, alternative protein sources are needed as the agricultural land available in the world is not enough to satisfy the growing demand
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In the tropics more than 2000 insect species are eaten. Most are only seasonally available, and the local population uses a number of techniques to harvest them. In the western world, insects are not known as food. However, alternative protein sources are needed as the agricultural land available in the world is not enough to satisfy the growing demand
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Edible insects, with their high protein and lipid content, offer a safe and cost-effective alternative to traditional protein sources. They are environmentally friendly, emitting fewer greenhouse gases and requiring less water than livestock farming.
Yun-Sang, Choi +3 more
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Nutrition and health of edible insects
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2020Purpose of review Elucidate the effect of insects as feed and food on nutrition and health of humans and animals. Recent findings A new sector is developing of insects as food and feed. The academic interest is growing exponentially.
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Scientists observe annually that the growing human population on our planet leads to nutritional challenges. Approximately 1 in 9 people suffer from hunger due to food shortages caused by significant increases in population growth and uncontrolled migration.
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Edible insects as minilivestock
Biodiversity and Conservation, 1995Many species of insects (probably 1000 or more) have served as traditional foods among indigenous peoples, especially in warmer climes, and the insects have played an important role in the history of human nutrition. As part of the hunter-gatherer style of life, the main criteria for selection of these traditional species appears to be medium-to-large ...
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Edible Insects Uses in South Korean Gastronomy: “Korean Edible Insect Laboratory” Case Study
2018The aim of this chapter is to explain changes in South Korean gastronomy involving edible insects. This chapter begins by exploring the past use of edible insects in the Korean diet; identifying the reasons for their decreasing portion of Koreans’ diets.
Jungyoung Tiffany Shin +2 more
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Insects Parasitizing Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms
2012Among the many interactions between fungi and insects, mycophagy has definitely the greatest impact on the commerce and human food consumption of edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs). Arthropods belonging to different classes and especially to certain orders of insects feed on macromycetes, in particular on the fruiting bodies of many ...
Nicola Sitta, Luciano Süss
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