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Tastes Just Like Real Meat’ – Beetleburgers to Hit Mass Production to Help Feed the World
GP ^ | January 15,2023 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 01/15/2023 11:59:41 AM PST by Hojczyk

Beetleburgers could soon be helping to feed the world, according to new research. The creepy crawlers’ larvae — better known as mealworms — could act as a meat alternative to alleviate hunger worldwide. The process uses a fraction of the land and water and emits a smaller carbon footprint in comparison of traditional farming.

To make this a reality, French biotech company Ynsect is planning a global network of insect farms, including nurseries and slaughterhouses. A pilot plant has already been been set up at Dole in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France.

“We are in full control of the chain of production. That gives us strength in terms of quality, security and safety,” says Benjamin Armenjon, general manager of Ynsect, according to a statement from SWNS.

Robot arms and automated conveyor belts transport stacks of red trays in every direction. They are are filled with billions of Tenebrio molitor beetle larvae. The dried critters are more than 50 percent protein and rich in fiber and fats as well.

They can be turned into protein powders, shakes, burgers, cereal bars, and even cooking oils at a fraction of the environmental cost of traditional farming. For every one kilogram of protein, Ynsect uses 98 percent less land and emits 40 times less carbon than beef. It also uses 40 times less water than pork production.


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To: Dr. Sivana

Better yet: Wait until the cow dies of natural causes.

:)


41 posted on 01/15/2023 12:25:17 PM PST by Does so (This way, the swamp can take out Trump in 2024 AND Biden forever)
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To: Fzob

“I do my part to save the planet. I only eat beef from vegan cows”

Lol! Same here. I love vegan cows.


42 posted on 01/15/2023 12:33:15 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Hojczyk

These people need to achieve ambient temperature.


43 posted on 01/15/2023 12:34:02 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Hojczyk

No thanks,not in this lifetime. Or the next.


44 posted on 01/15/2023 12:34:46 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: Hojczyk

Not being an expert in such culinary delights, I must ask the following question. Does it taste like John, Paul, George, or Ringo?


45 posted on 01/15/2023 12:34:46 PM PST by Jhadur ("You are not ready for immortality.")
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To: Jhadur

More like a German automobile. My Dad had a Yellow VW Beetle while I was growing up.


46 posted on 01/15/2023 12:36:40 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Tell It Right

I’ve seen The Exorcist a dozen times...and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it!


47 posted on 01/15/2023 12:36:43 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: Hojczyk

48 posted on 01/15/2023 12:39:02 PM PST by algore
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To: Hojczyk

49 posted on 01/15/2023 12:39:38 PM PST by xp38
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To: Carriage Hill

Really big blenders. They will eventually mix the bug meal with silent green.


50 posted on 01/15/2023 12:43:07 PM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: Jhadur

These are to food what the BeeGees were to the Beatles in the Sgt Pepper movie.


51 posted on 01/15/2023 12:45:23 PM PST by Lee Enfield (Candy Corn (nobody says anything sweet anymore))
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To: Hojczyk

They sure are hell bent on feeding us bugs, and what we know about how much they really care for our welfare.......


52 posted on 01/15/2023 12:45:25 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Carriage Hill

A little bitty captive bolt pistol. Its precision work, but the worm doesn’t even know its coming so you avoid the adrenaline rush.

Adrenaline makes the worm gamey.


53 posted on 01/15/2023 12:49:19 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: Hojczyk

The purpose of the beetleburgers is to make plant-based meat seem appealing in comparison. I think it will be a easy sell.


54 posted on 01/15/2023 12:51:04 PM PST by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: Carriage Hill

>>How do you “slaughter” millions/billions of mealworms?<<

Gently


55 posted on 01/15/2023 12:54:02 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: 353FMG

Use the legs as toothpicks. Yum.


56 posted on 01/15/2023 12:54:49 PM PST by fretzer
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To: FlyingEagle

>>Me I’ll just have a beef What-a-burger<<

Based on how they taste, are you not sure you are having Beetleburgers?


57 posted on 01/15/2023 12:56:22 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: Hojczyk

Are they taking applications? Sounds like a fun place to work


58 posted on 01/15/2023 12:58:20 PM PST by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Hojczyk

Yuck!! 🤮


59 posted on 01/15/2023 12:59:56 PM PST by Ros42
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To: Hojczyk

I could never eat those mealy worms or bugs ... it would freak me out eating Gates, Schwab or Soros progeny.


60 posted on 01/15/2023 1:02:49 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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