Novel Food 521
“An insect in the plate” available in the bookshops
As entomophagy popularizer, I feel encouraged when I’m in front of two equally-stimulated and willing-to-repropose persons as I am. You got it right: re-propose, because human entomophagy it’s just forgotten, but had lived in the same places in which we’re living now. Entomophagy as “knowledge” able to translate flavors of the past, as man/nature balance, […]
Insects as human food: the african case
24/11/2016: The first event of the project “Insects as human food, tradition, present and future”, organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies (ISA) of the University of Bologna. During the conference, insects-made snacks will be presented and the consumers will be asked to answer some questions for a survey on their attitude regarding this novel […]
EFSA’s guidance for Novel Food applications
Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods, the European Commission requested EFSA to update and develop scientific and technical guidance for the preparation and presentation of applications for authorization of novel foods. This guidance presents a common format for the organization of the information to be presented in […]
Edible insects: are companies escaping from Italy?
It has been almost a year since our first interview with Marco Ceriani, founder of Italbugs. The Italian start-up is moving more and more towards foreign countries, so we wanted to understand more about that. In spite of your name, your company has been described as part of the brain-drain phenomenon, why? In Italy we […]
L’Entomofago: a year online!
It was November 2015 when L’Entomofago published its first article. Only twelve months, but we met so many people full of ideas, creativity and determination, we have seen the industry of edible insects evolving in every sense, our team has grown, many exciting things have happened and we are working on many other for the new year. So, […]
IPIFF: a task-force dedicated to insects as Novel Food
Interview with Antoine Hubert, Ceo of Ynsect and IPIFF President Tell us shortly about the vision you had and how that vision led to Ynsect Ynsect is an innovative company which is specialized in farming insects on a large scale and converting them into different compounds. These compounds, which are mainly proteins and lipids meet […]
A bug in the plate: the new book from Entonote
“I have a bug in the plate!” For many this statement is disgusting, others are indifferent, but it makes the mouth water for almost 2 billion people. Through a journey into the world of edible insects we discover how they have been part of the human diet from ancient times to today. In which countries? How […]
