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Allergies to edible insects? There’s nothing to fear
Interview with Prof. Cristoforo Incorvaia, Allergology specialist at the Centro Specialistico G. Pini/CTO of Milan Products made from edible insects have recently appeared on the market; which could be the consumers’ risks related to a potential allergic reaction? Obviously the problem is quite complex because there are many types of edible insects. We can divide […]
Italian design for domestic edible insects breeding
Francesco Faccin, designer You’ve designed and realized a terrarium for edible insects domestic breeding, how you got the idea? The project “Home breeding” was born because I was invited to participate to the exhibition “The selective affinities” in Triennale (Milan) by Aldo Colonetti; the theme was food (for Expo). For some time I’ve been interested in […]
Little Herds: the first american no-profit dedicated to edible insects
Interview with Robert Nathan Allen, Founder and Director of Little Herds Tell us about Little Herds project: when and how did you decide to start an edible insects business? In March of 2012, my mother sent me a video about eating insects, meant as a joke. It talked about the nutrition and sustainability of edible insects; […]
Edible insects and minilivestock: the food of the future
Here below an interview with Prof. Maurizio Guido Paoletti, Professor at the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, entomophagy expert and author of “Ecological implication of Minilivestock”, a book that analyzes the use of small animals as nutritious food. How the research of proteins from alternative sources like edible insects, frogs or rodents […]
Edible insects business is growing fast in Korea
Interview with Ryu Sidoo, CEO at Edible Bug Tell us about Edible-bug project: when and how did you decide to invest in edible insects business? It was November 2013. I was interested in the FAO Report. My first idea was that no one want to try edible insects. I was curious that if anyone […]
Interview with Frank Kamsteeg, founder and Ceo at Nochey BV
Interview with Frank Kamsteeg, founder and Ceo at Nochey BV, author of “9 reasons why eating insects is healthier than what you are eating at the moment” Obviously the first question is: why should the western world start eating insects? Insects are healthy, durable and a great replacement for our traditional meat. In the near […]
Insects as animal feed: let’s understand more about
Interview with Emmy Koeleman, Editor at All About Feed Why is not actually possible to feed animals (pigs, livestock and poultry) with insects-based feed? At the moment, the current EU legislation doesn’t allow the use of insect meal in food producing animals. Producers of insect meal have to follow a set of EU rules and […]
