Novel food dossier: mind the step!
On the EFSA Web site there is written that “Dossiers should include data on the compositional, nutritional, toxicological and allergenic properties of the novel food as well as information relating to the production process, and the proposed uses and use levels”. Is it possible that the presentation of a highly detailed dossier as concerns production […]
Pasta and bacon: but it’s seaweed
Interview with Willem Sodderland, founder of Seamore Tell us what was the first time you got in touch with the edible seaweed issue Well, I ordered a seaweed salad and couldn’t find the seaweed. The chef set me straight: what looked like spinach tagliatelle was actually the seaweed, a special species that grows on the […]
The plastic-eating worms
Interview with Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Biomedicine Institute of Cantabria You’ve recently discovered an astonishing “talent” of the Galleria Mellonella larvae. Can you tell us more about? With my collaborators Paolo Bombelli and Chris Howe, at the University of Cambridge, UK, we discovered that the wax worm can bio-degrade polyethylene, the plastic of the garbage bags […]
Italian gourmet pasta with edible insects
Interview with Emilio Calligaris, co-founder of Spagrillo Tell us briefly how you came in the edible insect business. We’re two recent graduates in “Agricultural sciences” passionate about entomophagy. We started to work on processed products a couple of years ago, in order to make the insect attractive for the European customers. On November 2015 we […]
EFSA helps the companies with the Novel Food applications
Small and medium-sized companies now can receive support from EFSA for the submission of a novel food application. See all the details here. Jun 8, 2017Entomofago
Cooking with insects made easy
Interview with Anouk Zoet and Julien Zimmer, co-founders of Oh my bug Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world 2 years ago, Julien had to do some research about entomophagy for his work as a video journalist. Because of that, we started to read more and more articles explaining the environmental […]
1st July 2017: insects proteins allowed in aquafeed
The new Regulation on the use of insects-derived proteins in aquafeed has finally been published on the Official Journal of the European Union! The first big step ahead. Clic here to read the full text. May 31, 2017Entomofago
