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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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Review: European Union legislation and regulatory framework for edible insect production - Safety issues.

Animal
Farmed insects are increasingly used as a more sustainable and circular alternative protein source for food and feed. As a new type of livestock animal in the European Union (EU), farmed insects are subject to general legislation applicable to all food ...
N. Meijer, R. A. Safitri, W. Tao, E. F. Hoek-van den Hil   +3 more
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How Many Edible Insect Species Are There? A Not So Simple Question

Diversity, 2022
Insects used as food and medicine are receiving increased attention. There is a need to scrutinise recent estimates of which and how many insect species are used as we have noticed inappropriate assessments and overestimations. We review the contemporary
J. Van Itterbeeck, L. Pelozuelo
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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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Satiety of Edible Insect-Based Food Products as a Component of Body Weight Control. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2022
Among the many aspects determining the nutritional potential of insect-based foods, research into the satiating potential of foods is an important starting point in the design of new functional foods, including those based on edible insects.
Skotnicka M, Mazurek A, Karwowska K, Folwarski M.   +3 more
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Edible Insect Farming as an Emerging and Profitable Enterprise in East Africa.

Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021
In East Africa, insect farming is a rapidly growing business providing access to "climate-smart" protein, other nutrients, and income. With the continental drive to transform existing food systems that are becoming continuously unsustainable due to ...
C. Tanga, J. P. Egonyu, D. Beesigamukama, S. Niassy, Kimathi Emily, Henlay J O Magara, E. Omuse, S. Subramanian, S. Ekesi   +8 more
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Metabolism And The Rise Of Fungus Cultivation By Ants [PDF]

, 2014
Most ant colonies are comprised of workers that cooperate to harvest resources and feed developing larvae. Around 50 million years ago (MYA), ants of the attine lineage adopted an alternative strategy, harvesting resources used as compost to produce ...
Kaspari, Michael, Kay, Adam, Mueller, Ulrich G., Santos, Juan C., Seal, Jon N., Shik, Jonathan Z.   +5 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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The Allergen Profile of Two Edible Insect Species-Acheta domesticus and Hermetia illucens.

Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
SCOPE Edible insect proteins are increasingly introduced as an alternative sustainable food source to address the world's need to feed the growing population.
S. Karnaneedi, Elecia B. Johnston, Utpal Bose, Angéla Juhász, J. Broadbent, Thimo Ruethers, Emily M Jerry, S. Kamath, Vachiranee Limviphuvadh, Sally Stockwell, K. Byrne, D. Clarke, M. Colgrave, S. Maurer-Stroh, A. Lopata   +14 more
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