Posted on 05/01/2019 7:09:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Food scientists at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia are incorporating insects such as maggots and locusts into a range of specialty foods, including sausage, as well as formulating sustainable insect-based feeds for the livestock themselves.
Hoffman says conventional livestock production will soon be unable to meet global demand for meat, so other fillers and alternatives will be needed to supplement the food supply with sufficient protein sources.
The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) team is focusing on pleasing Western palates by disguising insects in pre-prepared foods, says Hoffman, as studies have shown they shy away from eating whole insects.
In 2013, a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations report urged global citizens to eat more insects, which, compared to conventional meats, are nutritious, cheaper to produce and more sustainable. Inspired by the report and other studies, several snack makers have marketed insect-based products in the US, including Chirps chips and Chapul protein bars.
Hoffman notes that while eating bugs might seem bonkers to Westerners, “for many millions of people around the world they are a familiar part of the diet.” He also calls for a “global reappraisal of what can constitute healthy, nutritional and safe food for all.”
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Insects I would eat, from watching Andrew Zimmern: ant pupae in Mexico, and thorn? insects from Madagascar. And maybe locusts.
What i would not eat: all the rest.
Forget keto, vegetarian beats insectivore diet any day.
Bureaucrats. Think I left a few words out, like eat etc
These maggots are from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Yeah - at some point ten thousand years ago some Sumerian looked up and said, "what, you're eating bugs? That's gross!" And we wouldn't be where we are now if everybody didn't agree with him.
LOL!
I’s sooner eat squirrels.
This must be cannibalism... Who wants to eat those migrant invaders (maggots)...
“It’s not maggots. It is simply fly eggs!”-Battleship Potemkin
Reminds me of the old documentary, THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLES(1971). The bugs were predicted to win.
Not a snowball’s chance in hell.
I ain't never gonna eat a Democrat. Way too disgusting.
Medical grade maggots are used to clean wounds.
They are a source of protein.
Hmmm. I’d add them to horse as strange things I’d try eating once.
I don’t think we’re anywhere near ‘peak meet.’
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