Posted on 08/15/2017 9:24:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Full headline: Would you eat a burger made from INSECTS? Mealworm-based food line set to hit grocery stores in Switzerland next week
Switzerland's second-largest supermarket chain, Coop, announced it would begin selling an insect burger, and insect balls, based on protein-rich mealworm.
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Swiss food safety laws were changed last May to allow for the sale of food items containing three types of insects: crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms, which are the larval form of the mealworm beetle.
These insects, long used in animal feed, must be bred under strict supervision for four generations before they are considered appropriate for human consumption, according to Swiss law.
Local production will thus take a few months to get started.
In the meantime, imports are possible under strict conditions - the insects must be raised in accordance with the Swiss requirements at a company submitted to inspections by national food safety authorities.
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Insects as a food source are a good source of protein, vitamins, fats and essential minerals, and there is also a case for rearing insects for food as it could be more environmentally friendly than other forms of animal protein production.
The production of greenhouse gases by most insects is likely to be lower than that of conventional livestock - for example, pigs produce 10-100 times more greenhouse gases per kg of weight than mealworms.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Would you eat a burger made from INSECTS?
Are they “free range” certified organic bugs processed by union workers..?
And kosher for my Jewish friends..?
“Anyone who eats fast food regularly probably has already eaten insects.”
Two words. Fig Newtons.
This product contains no human meat or human meat byproducts. It is gluten-free. Women who are pregnant, or may become pregnant, should ask their doctor before consuming this product. No clear association has been made between this product and zombieism.(*)
(*) These statements have not been evaluated by the Swiss Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs.
Ah, thanks!
And halal!
“He explained that a man took on the powers of whatever he ate...”
Obama must have eaten a lot of weasel.
Mmm, mealworms...
- Homer Simpson
Well my chickens consider meal worms on the same level as crack cocaine. They go into a feeding frenzy. :-)
Yep, only for the unwashed masses they despise. A Mealworm Hamburger or CricketDog will just be chitin and poop.... not meat and not appetizing.
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