Bug Food 513
Do insects feel pain?
Scientists have known insects experience something like pain since 2003, but new research published today from Associate Professor Greg Neely and colleagues at the University of Sydney proves for the first time that insects also experience chronic pain that lasts long after an initial injury has healed. Read the study, clic here
Insects are rich in antioxidants
Grasshoppers and silkworms have antioxidant capacity similar to fresh orange juice, a new study says. For the first time, a study has measured antioxidant levels in commercially available edible insects. Sure, most of them don’t have six legs – and scorpions, spiders, and centipedes aren’t even insects. But for open-minded health freaks, it’s good news: […]
Hoppa Food
Interview with Channy Sandhu – Founder, Hoppa Tell us how you guys get involved in the edible insects world Hoppa’s founder Channy Sandhu came across the idea in 2017 while travelling in Thailand. Keen for an authentic experience of the area, he noticed locals roasting insects on the side of the road and decided to […]
MAIC: edible insects breeding model
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Insects flour in bakery goods
Due to a rising demand for proteins, food industry is considering new alternative protein sources that can be used for human food. The aim of this research was to explore the potential use of insects flour as protein-rich ingredient for bakery products. Hermetia illucens, Acheta domestica and Tenebrio molitor were ground and used to replace […]
The digestive system of BSF
The larvae of the black Soldier fly(BSF),Hermetia illucens(Linnaeus,1758)(Diptera:Stratiomyidae),are considered an efficient system for the bioconversion of organic waste into usable products, such as insect protein for animal feed and bioactive molecules. Despite the great interest toward H. illucens and its biotechnological applications, information on the biology of this insect is still scarce.In particular,no data on […]
Bioonto
Interview with Sergey Makarov, founder of Bioonto Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world Way back in 2014 I found great interest in commercial insect breeding. At that time entomophagy wasn’t as popular around the world, and Asia was the clear leader in this field. But we all had a complete […]
