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Potential and challenges of insects as an innovative source for food and feed production
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Research is required to develop and automatize cost-effective, energy-efficient and microbially safe rearing, harvest and post harvest processing technologies to ensure food and feed safety and produce safe insect products at a reasonable price on an industrial scale especially in comparison to meat products.Abstract:
Edible insects, a traditional food all over the world, are highly nutritious with high fat, protein and mineral contents depending on the species and thus represent a noteworthy alternative food and feed source and a potential substitute e. g. for fishmeal in feed formulae. Research is required to develop and automatize cost-effective, energy-efficient and microbially safe rearing, harvest and post harvest processing technologies as well as sanitation procedures to ensure food and feed safety and produce safe insect products at a reasonable price on an industrial scale especially in comparison to meat products. In addition, consumer acceptance needs to be established. Potential and challenges along the production chain of insects for food and feed are discussed based on published data and future research needs are derived from recent literature. Industrial relevance text With the increasing demand in alternative protein sources world-wide, insects represent an innovative food and feed source rich in high quality protein as well as other beneficial nutritional ingredients such as fat, minerals and vitamins. Despite traditional knowledge about insects and their harvest in the wild, for the industrial mass production of safe insects and insect products for consumption and for processing into food and feed, the development of rearing, harvest as well as post-harvest technologies is required.read more
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Review on the use of insects in the diet of farmed fish: Past and future
TL;DR: The present review discusses the potential of locusts, grasshoppers, termites, yellow mealworms, Asiatic rhinoceros beetles, superworms, domesticated silkworms, common houseflies, common mosquitoes and black soldier flies for use as fishmeal and/or fish oil replacement in the fish diet.
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Nutritional composition of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) prepupae reared on different organic waste substrates
Thomas Spranghers,Matteo Ottoboni,C.W. Klootwijk,Anneke Ovyn,Stefaan Deboosere,Bruno De Meulenaer,Joris Michiels,Mia Eeckhout,Patrick De Clercq,Stefaan De Smet +9 more
TL;DR: Since protein content and quality were high and comparable for prepupae reared on different substrates, black soldier fly could be an interesting protein source for animal feeds, however, differences in EE and ash content as a function of substrate should be considered.
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Profiling consumers who are ready to adopt insects as a meat substitute in a Western society
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the readiness of consumers in a Western society, where traditional meat consumption prevails, to adopt insects as a substitute for meat and identified gender, age, familiarity, food neophobia, convenience and environmental food choice motives, as well as meat-related attitudes and future meat consumption intentions as significant predictors.
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Consumer acceptance of insect-based alternative meat products in Western countries
Rudy Caparros Megido,Chloé Gierts,Christophe Blecker,Yves Brostaux,Eric Haubruge,Taofic Alabi,Frédéric Francis +6 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, insect tasting sessions are important to decrease food neophobia, as they encourage people to “take the first step” and become acquainted with entomophagy.
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Environmental impact of food waste bioconversion by insects: application of life cycle assessment to process using Hermetia illucens.
Roberta Salomone,G. Saija,Giovanni Mondello,Alessia Giannetto,Salvatore Fasulo,Domenico Savastano +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the potential environmental impacts of food-waste bioconversion into compost and dried larvae through the action of Hermetia illucens, by applying Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), were assessed.
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