Interviews 241
Grasshoppers & Crickets of Italy
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Nutrinsect: bred in Italy
Interview with Josè Cianni, Nutrinsect co-founder How did you get involved in the edible insects business? Nutrinsect co-founders, me, Robert Cianni (my brother) and Jose Obon Vidal entered in the edible insects business about three years ago. Everything stems from a strong sensitivity towards the environment. We believe that is necessary a deep change in […]
A pic of the sector
Interview with Antoine Hubert, IPIFF President Many are wondering when the first Novel Food authorisations concerning edible insects for human consumption will be released. What’s the situation? Currently (mid December 2019) there are twenty-one applications submitted to the European Commission for authorisation for insects as novel food and five notifications for insects as a traditional […]
Beobia
Interview with Thomas Constant, founder of BeoBia Tell us how you got involved with edible insects I have always been interested in nature and the outdoors. When I was younger, I used to collect insects, put them in jars and look at them with a magnifying glass – I was truly fascinated by them. I […]
Hoppa Food
Interview with Channy Sandhu – Founder, Hoppa Tell us how you guys get involved in the edible insects world Hoppa’s founder Channy Sandhu came across the idea in 2017 while travelling in Thailand. Keen for an authentic experience of the area, he noticed locals roasting insects on the side of the road and decided to […]
Bioonto
Interview with Sergey Makarov, founder of Bioonto Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world Way back in 2014 I found great interest in commercial insect breeding. At that time entomophagy wasn’t as popular around the world, and Asia was the clear leader in this field. But we all had a complete […]
BioBug International
Interview with Andres Whang, co-founder of Biobug International Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world Several years ago, I traveled around Southeast Asia and became intrigued by the street food I came across. I tried fried crickets, scorpions, mealworms … in Asia, insects are commonly served up as snacks. Also spending […]
