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Rapid Identification of Edible Insect Species in Food Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. [PDF]
Rapid Commun Mass SpectromABSTRACT Rationale Edible insects are emerging as sustainable, nutritious ‘foods of the future’ and are gradually introduced to the European market as novel foods. Ensuring consumer safety and preventing fraud requires legal regulation, which in turn depends on reliable analytical methods.
Straka D +9 more
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Insects as a Source of Protein
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022 The world population growth has increased demand for traditional protein sources but an alternative protein source was sought due to limited land. Edible insects containing all the essential amino acids in a healthy diet are sustainable and promising ...
Gizem Simge Kılınç +2 more
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Selected aspects of edible insect rearing and consumption - A review
Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2021 The presented work brings a comprehensive study of edible insect farming with an impact on the environment and human health. The review focuses not only on commonly monitored parameters such as carbon footprint or feed conversion but also on waste ...
Jiří Mlček +6 more
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Edible Insects and Global Food Security [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Starting in 2008 and lasting up until 2011, the crisis in agricultural and, in particular, cereal prices triggered a period of riots that spread from the Mediterranean basin to the rest of the world, reaching from Asia to Central America and the African continent. [...]
Verneau F., Amato M., La Barbera F.
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Food & Function, 2023 This review aims to provide an updated overview of edible insect proteins and the bioactivity of insect-derived peptides. The essential amino acid content of edible insects is compared with well-known protein sources to demonstrate that edible insects ...
Zidan Ma +3 more
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Recent Insight on Edible Insect Protein: Extraction, Functional Properties, Allergenicity, Bioactivity, and Applications. [PDF]
Foods, 2022 Due to the recent increase in the human population and the associated shortage of protein resources, it is necessary to find new, sustainable, and natural protein resources from invertebrates (such as insects) and underutilized plants.
Pan J +10 more
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Application of Edible Insects as Novel Protein Sources and Strategies for Improving Their Processing
Food Science of Animal Resources, 2022 Insects have long been consumed by humans as a supplemental protein source, and interest in entomophagy has rapidly increased in recent years as a potential sustainable resource in the face of environmental challenges and global food shortages.
Tae-Kyung Kim +5 more
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Resources, 2021 Edible insects are an important natural commodity in rural areas that is used for household consumption and to generate income through trade. As a result, edible-insect trading is a profitable business that provides employment and improves the ...
Zabentungwa T. Hlongwane +2 more
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Nutritional characteristics of selected insects in Uganda for use as alternative protein sources in food and feed [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access Journal; Published online: 18 Dec 2019Insects are potential ingredients for animal feed and human food. Their suitability may be influenced by species and nutritional value.
Bbosa, T. +4 more
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Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The insect sector can become an important component of sustainable circular agriculture by closing nutrient and energy cycles, fostering food security, and minimising climate change and biodiversity loss, thereby contributing to SDGs. The high levels of the interaction of the insect sector with the SDGs is clearly illustrated inside the review ...
Moruzzo R., Mancini S., Guidi A.
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