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 […]
IPIFF guide on Novel food regulation
This briefing paper sets out the administrative steps to be followed by insect producers intending to submit an application for authorisation of an insect/ insect product as novel food within the European Union. It is intended to be used as a practical guide to the EU legislative texts that are applicable to their activities, namely […]
Talking about edible insects
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Edible insects in the food sector
“Edible insects in the food sector – Methods, current applications,and perspectives” is the new book from Springer. The book: explores the current state of entomophagy, including nutritional qualities, sensory properties, consumer preferences, food neophobia, and willingness-to-pay for insect-fed animals Provides case studies on timely topics such as health risks and allergies for human consumption, […]
Report from Agroinsecta
The use of insects as a possible solution to reduce food waste and, at the same time, encourage the production of new materials useful to man. It is one of the examples of circular economy illustrated at the “Agroinsecta” conference held in Tortona, a moment of reflection on the experiments currently underway in the world […]
Entovegan Certification
Interview with Josh Galt, Entovegan founder You probably are the westerner who eats more insects on a daily basis, why did you take this nutritional decision? I believe that Entovegan, which is simply vegan + insects, is the healthiest sustainable diet on the planet! Vegan is sustainable and good for sentient animal welfare, but adding […]
Insects food labelling
IPIFF, the International Platform of Insects as Food and Feed, has recently published a document with concerning the labelling of insects-based food products, in order to help FBOs commercializing their products. Based on EU Regulations 1169/2011 (FIC, Food Information to Consumers) and 1924/2006 (NHCR, Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation), this document clarifies how to interpret […]
