Insect Farming for Food and Feed is not recommended as a climate solution because it offers minimal opportunities for GHG reductions and has significant down sides.
I read the summary and I half agree. They draw the conclusion based on the insects not being consumed directly but if they would be it’s a whole another ball game.
The thing is that nobody has tried to make protein bars from processed finely ground insects and marketed it as keratin protein bars. Maybe even fried bug-nuggets and just call them nuggets to save money or anything else that is not just directly eating tiny crispy legs that get stuck in the teeth.
If there’s a protein bar with bugs and chocolate that’s cheaper than whey bars I’d buy it every now and then. If it would be sold in a fast food shops in a homogeneous fried blob I’d also try it out of curiosity.
There are huge cultural barriers to direct intentional human consumption of insects in the US and Europe. I will be very surprised if this can actually be achieved
I think that the cultural barriers can be overcome with a pricing strategy. If the bug nuggets can be a lot cheaper than normal nuggets for example, people would be more willing to try it and adopt it.
There’s some cricket-based dog treats out there. My last pup adored them. Current pup only has eyes for chicken and anything salty (potato chips, tears). I tried them, they tasted fine, for ą dog treat.
I read the summary and I half agree. They draw the conclusion based on the insects not being consumed directly but if they would be it’s a whole another ball game.
The thing is that nobody has tried to make protein bars from processed finely ground insects and marketed it as keratin protein bars. Maybe even fried bug-nuggets and just call them nuggets to save money or anything else that is not just directly eating tiny crispy legs that get stuck in the teeth.
If there’s a protein bar with bugs and chocolate that’s cheaper than whey bars I’d buy it every now and then. If it would be sold in a fast food shops in a homogeneous fried blob I’d also try it out of curiosity.
There are huge cultural barriers to direct intentional human consumption of insects in the US and Europe. I will be very surprised if this can actually be achieved
I think that the cultural barriers can be overcome with a pricing strategy. If the bug nuggets can be a lot cheaper than normal nuggets for example, people would be more willing to try it and adopt it.
There’s some cricket-based dog treats out there. My last pup adored them. Current pup only has eyes for chicken and anything salty (potato chips, tears). I tried them, they tasted fine, for ą dog treat.