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Which marketing for edible insects?
Researchers from the German University of Kassel -Food Marketing Department- have published a meta-analysis suggesting the best marketing lines for edible insect products, based on 45 recently released researches. “Edible insects could be a promising answer to the question of how to feed a growing human population with a healthier and more sustainable source of protein. Despite […]
Edible insects at EU Parliament
The document “What if insects were on the menu in Europe” – made by EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Authors: Nera Kuljanic with Samuel Gregory-Manning, Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) – is prepared for, and addressed to, the Members and staff of the European Parliament as background material to assist them in their parliamentary work. […]
IPIFF: Farm-to-Fork strategy
Brussels, the 18th of February The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed – IPIFF the Brussels-based umbrella organisation representing stakeholders active across the insect production value chains publishes today a ‘Position Paper‘ entitled ‘The Contribution of the European Insect Sector to Improving Sustainability from Farm to Fork’. As part of the ongoing discussions […]
Sensory study on edible insects
The aim of this study made by the Food and Drug Department – University of Parma (Italy) was to investigate how sensory-liking attribute perceptions (appearance, taste and organoleptic characteristics) can change between a readily visible vs a processed insect product before and after tasting. Results indicate that texture and appearance of the insect are perceived […]
Ipiff: Novel Food Guidelines
Ipiff released this document, a guideline through the new Novel Food Regulation in Europe Click here to downoload the text
Worldwide list of edible insects
Edible insects doesn’t mean just crickets and grasshoppers. There are more than 2.000 species of edible insects around the world and you can find them in the list compiled by Mr. Yde Jongema, taxonomist at the Department of Entomology of Wageningen University&Research, the Netherlands. It’s a really accurate list, reporting the genus, the species, the […]
Edible insects: green light in Switzerland from May
Here is the document from the Swiss Authorities about the new set of rules that from the 1st of May will allow the production and the marketing of three species of edible insects: Tenebrio molitor, Acheta domesticus and Locusta migratoria. Download here the full document, available in: Italian French German
