Why Cricket Protein Bars Might Be The Future

https://www.mashed.com/221797/the-untold-truth-of-cricket-flour/ ^ | 8/24/2021 | Laine Doss

[Right Wing Vegan]

Smithsonian Magazine reports that protein bars using crickets might be your next favorite snack. Crickets contain more protein than chicken or beef, and raising them are more environmentally sound. Crickets require less food and water to raise and produce one-eightieth the amount of methane as cattle. Eating insects sounds great in theory, but how do they fare as, well, fare?

A company called Exo makes food items from crickets. According to its product website, crickets are "the closest thing to a perfect protein source this planet has ever seen." The company makes protein bars, but don't think that you'll have little legs and wings sticking out of your snack — the bars are made with powder comprised of 100% milled crickets. Smithsonian reports that even though each protein bar has the equivalent of about 40 crickets, the ground cricket flour doesn't taste like much of anything. The bars also contain raw almonds, coconut, honey, and other tasty, natural ingredients.

Though the United States is a little behind in its insect consumption, many other countries enjoy insects as food. The Conversation reports that many countries in Africa practice entomophagy, the word for insect eating. People in Nigeria, South Africa, Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and others consider insects such as caterpillars, termites, and crickets part of their diets.

[Bobalu]

[Red Badger]

People in Nigeria, South Africa, Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and others consider insects such as caterpillars, termites, and crickets part of their diets.

Let's see.......... What do these places have in common?.................

[metmom]

They can have it then.

I’ll pass.

[SlipperySlope99]

I won’t eat the bugs.

I won’t drink the soy.

I won’t live in the pod.

[Darksheare]

Elites: “WE will eat wagyu beef, YOU will be permitted to eat bugs!”

[Fledermaus]

On To Tell Thd Truth Sunday they had a cricket cookie maker.

[Right Wing Vegan]

soy milk

I think soy is not the elites' real/ultimate goal...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why Cricket Protein Bars Might Be The Future

How about, "No".

Does "No" work for you?

My chickens on the other hand LOVE crickets.

Which they turn into really tasty eggs.

[gundog]

I haven’t laughed that hard at anything for a while. 🤣

[SecondAmendment]

> I do prefer meat, fish and vegetables.

Soon those will only be made available for individuals with a valid vaccine certificate...

[moovova]

I’ll be buying one of this bug snacks on the way home from getting the Vax.

[Sirius Lee]

What do I do with all this venison in my freezer now?

[cuban leaf]

Living in the first century? ;)

[Red Badger]

[chief lee runamok]

I'm thinking herds of rattlesnakes.

*They don't eat much or pass enormous amounts of flatulence.

*Tastes just like prairie chicken.

[NicoDon]

the thymus gland (or, rarely, the pancreas) of an animal, especially as used for food.

uh... no thanks

[DoodleBob]

[Red Badger]

That’s one......................

[Blood of Tyrants]

Don’t forget Soylent Green!

[EEGator]

That’s when the robberies begin.