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Applied System Innovation, 2020 While admitting that neophobia and sociocultural factors negatively affect consumers’ propensity to consume insect-based foods, other aspects related to food values that consumers attach to these foods could have an influence on consuming decision.
Elena Arena +6 more
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Microbiology Research, 2021 During the last ten years, the worldwide interest in using insects as food and feed has surged. Edible insects fall within the category of novel foods, i.e., the category of food not consumed in significant amounts in the European Union before 15 May ...
Luca Grispoldi +7 more
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Food Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2591-2646, November 2025.Edible insects offer a sustainable protein source, requiring fewer resources than traditional livestock. Despite challenges, they have the potential to enhance food security and sustainability for a growing global population. ABSTRACT As the world faces an escalating protein crisis amid climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity, edible ...
Anil Gautam +6 more
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Journal of Food Science, Volume 90, Issue 11, November 2025.ABSTRACT The rising demand for animal protein challenges the agricultural sector, and edible insects provide a sustainable alternative. This study investigated the impact of replacing lean beef with cricket (Acheta domesticus) flour on the physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of hybrid meatloaf during refrigerated storage.
Camila Cristina Avelar de Sousa +8 more
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Insects Used as Food and Feed: Isn’t That What We All Need?
Foods, 2020 This Special Issue of Foods explores different aspects of how insects can be used as a novel resource for food and feed. Some contributions deal with questions of acceptability and legality, others tackle problems related to innovative techniques in ...
Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow, Chuleui Jung
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Foods, 2021 Currently, many consumers are reluctant to consume edible-cricket protein (ECP). Chocolate brownie (CB) formulations without (WO) and with (W) 6%w/w ECP (CBWO and CBW, respectively) were presented under two informed conditions: formulated without ECP ...
Cristhiam E. Gurdian +4 more
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.This study extracted edible oil and chitosan using both chemical and green extraction techniques, from four species of edible winged termites. Yield and efficiency of the extraction techniques were compared, the extracted products characterized for physico‐chemical properties, and the antimicrobial ability of chitosan assessed against a gram‐positive ...
Babirye Khadijah +3 more
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Edible Aquatic Insects: Diversities, Nutrition, and Safety
Foods, 2021 Edible insects have great potential to be human food; among them, aquatic insects have unique characteristics and deserve special attention. Before consuming these insects, the nutrition and food safety should always be considered.
Min Zhao +6 more
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‘Entomophagy’: an evolving terminology in need of review [PDF]
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2015 There is growing interest in insects as human food in academia, food and agricultural industries, public institutions and the public at large. Yet many of the words and concepts used to describe these organisms and the human practices surrounding them are still rudimentary, compared to the diversity of the organisms themselves and the existing ...
Evans, J. +16 more
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Journal of Texture Studies, Volume 56, Issue 5, October 2025.Sensory characteristics, emotional response, and liking of sweet and savory spreads are influenced by the inclusion rate of insect powders, type of insect, and type of spread. ABSTRACT Despite growing interest in insect consumption, consumers' acceptance of insects as a food source remains low due to strong negative emotions like fear and disgust ...
Ditta Hakha Soleha +2 more
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