Edible Insects
Edible insects in the food sector
“Edible insects in the food sector – Methods, current applications,and perspectives” is the new book from Springer. The book: explores the current state of entomophagy, including nutritional qualities, sensory properties, consumer preferences, food neophobia, and willingness-to-pay for insect-fed animals Provides case studies on timely topics such as health risks and allergies for human consumption, […]
Fucibo: 100% Made in Italy
Interview with Davide Rossi, Fucibo co-founder Hi Davide, so will we finally see 100% made-in-Italy insect-based products? That’s right. It was a long and hard job, but now we’re ready! A long period of gestation where we faced and overcome many obstacles, doing research and experiments, tasting a lot and brainstorming with intensity. The greatest […]
Report from Agroinsecta
The use of insects as a possible solution to reduce food waste and, at the same time, encourage the production of new materials useful to man. It is one of the examples of circular economy illustrated at the “Agroinsecta” conference held in Tortona, a moment of reflection on the experiments currently underway in the world […]
Entovegan Certification
Interview with Josh Galt, Entovegan founder You probably are the westerner who eats more insects on a daily basis, why did you take this nutritional decision? I believe that Entovegan, which is simply vegan + insects, is the healthiest sustainable diet on the planet! Vegan is sustainable and good for sentient animal welfare, but adding […]
Insects food labelling
IPIFF, the International Platform of Insects as Food and Feed, has recently published a document with concerning the labelling of insects-based food products, in order to help FBOs commercializing their products. Based on EU Regulations 1169/2011 (FIC, Food Information to Consumers) and 1924/2006 (NHCR, Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation), this document clarifies how to interpret […]
Giuseppe Di Eugenio in our team
I was born in 1978 in Teramo of a mother teacher and a father of peasant origins, immediately starting to pay attention to nature and the countryside. With age, I moved to Rome, where I graduated with honors in Communication Sciences at La Sapienza University. So I did an internship at the Press Office of […]
World edible insects Day
On the day of the “World Edible Insect Day” on 26 October, Portugal Insect will promote a debate on the subject. The goal is to “promote the use of insects in human food, according with the FAO guidelines which warned about the relevance of reincorporating insects as a protein source in human food, given their […]
