Is the UK bar for insect protein entry too high?As we head into 2024, the focus turns to where the European landscape on insect protein is currently and how it may evolve in the coming year.Read the Article
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Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistancePulverising crickets to make flour for food is seen by some as a threat to the Mediterranean diet.Read the Article
Cricket Cookies and Seaweed Cereal on the Menu as Welsh Businesses Bring more Sustainable Products to MarketIndependent businesses across Wales are getting creative in a bid to address the environmental impact of the Welsh food and drink industry. EmbracingRead the Article
How Brexit squashed the UK’s edible bug industryThere was real momentum behind the UK’s edible bug industry. Then Brexit happened, and companies have been left in limbo ever since.Read the Article
Recent insect authorisation accelerate tailwinds for novel foodsNew Food gathers insight from experts about two new insect authorisations that the food industry need to know about.Read the Article
‘A major milestone for the UK edible insect sector:’ UK edible insect makers hope for Novel Food approval by 2023A network of over 30 edible insect companies in the UK has submitted a Novel Food dossier to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for Acheta Domesticus, or house crickets.Read the Article
Over €400,000 of support for innovative ideas involving edible insects - Innovation OriginsEuropean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply to the European ValuSect project for services totaling €440,000 to help them further develop their innovative idea […]Read the Article
I’m A Celebrity: Insects could feed the world’s populationResearchers at a Welsh university say they may not be limited to bushtucker trials in future.Read the Article
The Migratory Locust: It’s What’s for DinnerThe European Union has started to approve insects as food.Read the Article
Are you set up to take consumers out of their comfort zone with climate smart snacking?Promoting consumption of insects has the potential to combat climate change – more so than turning them into animal feed, says a new study. There is also a wider acceptance by Westerners for insect-enriched products like breads, cakes and energy [...]
Crickets are Kosher according to Israeli company HargolCrickets are Kosher according to Israeli company Hargol as well as Halal and have opened the first commercial grasshopper factory breeding these edible insects.Read the Article
Insect protein holds “great potential” to reduce the carbon footprint of European consumers, flags study08 Sep 2021 --- Researchers at the University of Helsinki and LUT University, Finland, have analyzed the extent to which insect protein could help to reduce global warming associated with food consumption in Europe. In particular, the researchers have focused on [...]
‘I tried I’m a Celeb bushtucker trial insects set to become part of UK’s diet’Insects could become part of our daily diet with companies such as Eat Grub and Crunchy Critters delivering them straight to the door - this is what happened when we tried them outRead the Article
Edible Insects Are Coming to Europe (with a Few Restrictions)Edible insect food products are on their way to approval for consumption in Europe, starting with the dried yellow mealworm by Agronutris.Read the Article
Edible insects, CBD, lab-grown meat: why Brexit is great news for weird foodsWill Brexit kick-start the novel foods industry in the UK?Read the Article
Why St Davids is Wales’ rising eco starFrom bug restaurants to meadow regeneration, Britain’s smallest city packs quite a green punch, finds Kerry WalkerRead the Article
Creature comfort: CSIRO’s edible insect roadmap - Food & Drink BusinessThe CSIRO has worked with government to launch Australia’s first roadmap for the edible insect industry. The report discusses Australia’s potential as a player in the global sector, expected to be wor...Read the Article
Down to Earth - Edible insects: Mealworms on the menuInsects have long been touted as a solution to cut the environmental impact of food production. But today they are closer than ever to flooding our supermarket shelves. Europe’s food safety authority…Read the Article
Edible insects likely to hit supermarkets within monthsThe European Food Safety Agency has found that the yellow mealworm is safe for human consumption, paving the way for EU-wide sales.Read the Article
It’s official! Worms allowed in pizzas, pastas and cakesMealworms may soon find their way into Europe’s pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food.Wednesday’s decision by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) paves the way for the yellow grubs to be used whole and dried [...]
Cafe, croissant, worms? EU agency says worms safe to eatROME (AP) — The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: The European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat...Read the Article
Insect Market To Explode: EU Gives Green Light To Eating MealwormThe EU approved the insect, yellow mealworm, as safe for human consumption; the implications will be a huge surge in investment as well as insect burgers on menus across Europe.Read the Article
West Yorkshire town revealed as hotspot for growing mealworms to cook into pizzas and burgersA unique kickstarter-backed invention which allows people to grow edible insects at home has been a hit in Yorkshire.Read the Article