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Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance
bbc ^ | Sofia Bettiza

Posted on 07/08/2023 11:33:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Several Italian producers have been perfecting cricket pasta, pizza and snacks.

At a restaurant near Turin, chef Simone Loddo has adapted his fresh pasta recipe, which dates back nearly 1,000 years - the dough is now 15% cricket powder.

It emanates a strong, nutty smell.

While insect farming is increasing in Europe, so too is hostility towards the idea.

Amid concerns that insects might be associated with Italian cuisine, three government ministers announced four decrees aimed at a crackdown. "It's fundamental that these flours are not confused with food made in Italy,"

Until now, the possibilities for producing and commercialising insect food had been limited. With the EU's approval, the expectation is that as the sector grows, the prices will decrease significantly.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: insects; resistance
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1 posted on 07/08/2023 11:33:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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“You vill eat ze bugs!”

World Economic Forum


2 posted on 07/08/2023 11:35:43 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: BenLurkin

Attempted MSM media brainwashing continues.


3 posted on 07/08/2023 11:38:55 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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Crickets are kosher. Meal bugs and maggots are not. There’s a difference.


4 posted on 07/08/2023 11:39:16 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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the dough is now 15% cricket powder.

And this is how they're going to sneak bugs into everything we eat whether we want them or not.

5 posted on 07/08/2023 11:40:39 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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6 posted on 07/08/2023 11:44:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: packagingguy
“You vill eat ze bugs!”

If you eat anything with flour, wheat, corn, soybean or any other grain you're already eating bugs, at least bug parts. FDA has standards for the allowable amount of bug parts in all the above. They have for years now because of one simple truth: It's almost impossible to get all the bug pieces out of grains and mandating it would make food costs soar beyond belief.

For those who've read this far: NO I'm not advocating in any way for eating ze bugs. Just stating the facts as they are.

And for those who respond negatively that I'm advocating for eating bugs because they haven't read this far, bugger off. If you can't read what someone says you've no business commenting back.

7 posted on 07/08/2023 11:44:53 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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I’ll start eating bugs when the white house serves bugs to foreign dignitaries during official state dinners.


8 posted on 07/08/2023 11:49:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. Cat = cat.)
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how long before the food companies must include bugs to maintain their esg score?


9 posted on 07/08/2023 11:50:48 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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It's almost impossible to get all the bug pieces out of grains
The Jains are a religious group from India who are strict vegans. And in India they thrived. But immigrants to the UK developed B12 deficiencies.

Why? Wheat in the UK didn't contain enough bugs.

10 posted on 07/08/2023 11:51:50 AM PDT by jdege
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Just catching up to the more advanced cultures...


11 posted on 07/08/2023 11:53:18 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: usconservative

Why get defensive if you’re confident in your facts?


12 posted on 07/08/2023 12:04:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Sometimes I swallow bugs when they fly into my mouth while I’m riding my motorcycle. It’s not intentional of course.


13 posted on 07/08/2023 12:11:10 PM PDT by packagingguy
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Crickets are Kosher...


14 posted on 07/08/2023 12:12:07 PM PDT by null and void (Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
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Roaches and Italian restaurants were already known to go together.


15 posted on 07/08/2023 12:13:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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It emanates a strong, nutty smell.

Well there you go....it's a flavour enhancement!

16 posted on 07/08/2023 12:14:58 PM PDT by xp38
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It emanates a strong, nutty smell.

TRANSLATION: It smells like a55.

17 posted on 07/08/2023 12:20:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: null and void

What hechsher? OU or Agudah affiliated? Ashkenaz or Sfardi chief rabbis of Israel? Satmer or Chabad?


18 posted on 07/08/2023 12:21:17 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: BenLurkin
Ahhhhhhhh.......NO !!!!
19 posted on 07/08/2023 12:35:20 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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I’d have the large plate of insect resistant spaghetti and meatballs.


20 posted on 07/08/2023 1:28:20 PM PDT by DannyTN
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