Safety of Novel Protein Sources (Insects, Microalgae, Seaweed, Duckweed, and Rapeseed) and Legislative Aspects for Their Application in Food and Feed Production
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...They are particularly important in the diet in developing nations and wheat accounts for largest group of plant protein sources in the Western diet [13]; in the form of bread, wheat is a key component of protein delivery in Europe with a typical loaf containing 8 g of protein per 100 g....
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...Crickets, lesser mealworm and yellow mealworm are potential insects for application for food in the EU while black soldier fly, yellow mealworm and the common housefly have potential for use in feed products [13]....
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...Cereal proteins account for the major portion of dietary protein intake globally [13,14] and are important for animals as well as humans....
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...Approximately 30% of global algal production is sold for animal feed [13] with potential for further increases as dried, defatted algae could compete with soybean in pig and chicken feed, potentially replacing up to one third of soybean meal in their diets [31]....
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...Some safety hazards include potential accumulation of heavy metals, high levels of iodine, and contaminants such as dioxins and pesticides [13]....
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...Microalgae do not appear to exceed legal levels of heavy metals [261]....
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...…of insecticides, heavy metals and natural toxins in insects 450 harvested from the wild can be monitored more easily in mass rearing setups through controls of their rearing 451 substrates (van der Spiegel et al., 2013), especially when organic by-products are proposed as diets for the insects....
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