“We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher. Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as ...

Future Market Insights notes that the insect-based pet food category is transitioning from sustainability-led experimentation toward practical novel-protein nutrition. As pet owners increasingly seek ...

Humans have been eating insects for millennia, but despite the uncomfortable feelings a bug-based diet might evoke in cultures not used to their consumption, they could form a vital part of future ...

A new review shows that the value of edible insect proteins depends less on the bugs themselves than on how processing shapes ...

Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive ...

Insects as Protein – A close-up of Griopro® brand insect powders made from farm raised cricketss or mealworms. Spray-Drying Technology – Dr. Aaron T. Dossey illustrating his patented spray-drying ...

March 20 - In some regions of the world, wild-caught insects have been a valuable source of protein for centuries. However, the mass farming of insects for food and feed is a modern practice. Over the ...

Mealworms, crickets and ants were on the menu at Case Dining Hall last month to introduce insects as environmentally friendly ...

Edible insects provide nutrient-dense proteins, beneficial lipids, essential micronutrients, and dietary fiber, with nutritional profiles shaped by species, life stage, processing, and rearing ...

Many people are repulsed at the idea of eating insects, whether freeze-dried or still very much alive and wriggling. But do those same reservations extend to what they feed their beloved pets? Not if ...