Science – Edible Insects News

03
Dec

Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals – PubMed

Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals - PubMedThe insect sector can become an important component of sustainable circular agriculture by closing nutrient and energy cycles, fostering food security, and minimising climate change and biodiversity loss, thereby contributing to SDGs. The high levels of the interaction of the insect sector with the…Read the Article

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26
Nov

Skin irritation and potential antioxidant, anti-collagenase, and anti-elastase activities of edible insect extracts – Scientific Reports

Skin irritation and potential antioxidant, anti-collagenase, and anti-elastase activities of edible insect extracts - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Skin irritation and potential antioxidant,...Read the Article

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12
Nov

GROW AFRICA: Fruity ants, amadumbe and the present and future of food

GROW AFRICA: Fruity ants, amadumbe and the present and future of foodFood science may not come across as the sexy side of cuisine. But it is cutting edge territory. Durban professor, Eric Amonsou, is happy bugging us to look more favourably at indigenous African crops for our dining pleasure, gut health, the state of the [...]

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Edible insects as future food: chances and challenges

Edible insects as future food: chances and challengesThe consumption of insects (entomophagy) has recently attracted global attention for health reasons as well as environmental and economic benefits. Ac…Read the Article

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20
Oct

From crunchy cricket chips to nutty black soldier fly grubs, Edible Insects leaps across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry and how it could benefit our health and our warming planet.

From crunchy cricket chips to nutty black soldier fly grubs, Edible Insects leaps across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry and how it could benefit our health and our warming planet.Yummo!Read the Article

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Marketing Strategies and Acceptance of Edible Insects Among Thai and Chinese Young Adult Consumers

Marketing Strategies and Acceptance of Edible Insects Among Thai and Chinese Young Adult Consumers(2021). Marketing Strategies and Acceptance of Edible Insects Among Thai and Chinese Young Adult Consumers. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. Ahead of Print.Read the Article

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05
Oct

Three Amazonian palms as underestimated and little-known sources of nutrients, bioactive compounds and edible insects

Three Amazonian palms as underestimated and little-known sources of nutrients, bioactive compounds and edible insectsMauritia flexuosa, Bactris gasipaes, and Oenocarpus bataua are among the main palms in the Amazon used for food and medicinal purposes. The food most …Read the Article

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05
Oct

Habitat-centric versus species-centric approaches to edible insects for food and feed

Habitat-centric versus species-centric approaches to edible insects for food and feedThe current paradigm of the edible insects for food and feed industry uses a species-centric approach in which an insect species is chosen first and d…Read the Article

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NOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods that could benefit our health and our warming planet.

Edible InsectsNOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods that could benefit our health and our warming planet.Read the Article

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26
Aug

New breakthrough in research into old insect exoskeletons

New breakthrough in research into old insect exoskeletonsResearchers have isolated genetic material from exuviae (discarded exoskeletons) left after insects like cicadas molt. The researchers tested five different methods of amplifying the DNA sample by PCR, and were able to isolate nuclear DNA of good enough quality for repetitive loci known as microsate…Read the Article

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25
Aug

‘Big lumps of protein’: Zimbabwe’s edible-insect farmer

‘Big lumps of protein’: Zimbabwe’s edible-insect farmerNutritious, packed with protein and easy to grow, one insect farmer is promoting crickets as a sustainable food source.Read the Article

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25
Aug

New Documentary Tackles the issue of Declining Insect Populations – The Open News

New Documentary Tackles the issue of Declining Insect Populations - The Open NewsA new documentary by director Georgina Willis is due for completion later this year. Insect O Cide is a documentary that highlights the vital importance of insects to life on earth. In recent years there has been a fair bit of publicity regarding [...]

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