The mealworms genome
The yellow mealworm, the larval stage of the darkling beetle Tenebrio molitor, shows great promise as an alternative source of animal protein. The the study presents the 312 Mb draft genome assembled using 10x Genomics linked-read technology to inform research efforts and to provide resources to optimise yellow mealworm for mass production and consumption. The genome […]
Farmyng Project
Interview with Ÿnsect, FARMŸNG Project Coordinator Tell us what’s the Farmyng Project FARMŸNG will demonstrate a large-scale, first-of-its-kind bio-based value chain producing sustainable, safe and premium feed products from an innovative origin: the Tenebrio molitor insect (mealworm). The plant developed for FARMŸNG will use the efficiency of mealworm physiology to convert vegetal by-products in mealworm […]
Edible insects market in Europe
IPIFF recently released a very interesting factsheet about the edible insects market in Europe. Production, market and companies size, investments, consumers reached, maket share, forecasts and many more informations about the industry. Download the full document here: IPIFF-edible-insects-market-factsheet Jun 18, 2020Entomofago
BeoBia on Kickstarter
BeoBia will launch Re_ (the insects growing pod) on July 7th. We asked Thomas Constant – Beobia founder- to describe the product: Re_ is an urban insect growing pod, empowering you to Reduce your carbon footprint Reuse your food waste and Rethink your relationship with food. Enabling the public to create their own source of […]
FEEDS project
Sorry, this entry is available in italian only Jun 8, 2020Lorenzo Pezzato
Mikrokosmos Berlin
Interview with Nicole Sartirani, founder of Mikrokosmos Berlin Hi Nicole, tell us how you got in contact with the edible insects world Good morning everybody. The travel into my Mikro-Kosmos began in 2017. Working in gastronomy I started to worry more and more about quality and provenience of the food I could find in Berlin. My […]
Showing respect
These are difficult times. We decided to suspend publications on Entomofago until things will be better. We have the utmost respect for those who are fighting against this virus to protect all of us, for those who continue to work to guarantee us the essentials, for those who are gone. Stay home, respect the rules. […]
