Insects Flour
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Insects flour in bakery goods
Due to a rising demand for proteins, food industry is considering new alternative protein sources that can be used for human food. The aim of this research was to explore the potential use of insects flour as protein-rich ingredient for bakery products. Hermetia illucens, Acheta domestica and Tenebrio molitor were ground and used to replace […]
Insects farming in Scotland
This one-day stakeholder workshop will bring together key organisations from across the would-be insect supply chain to share information and network. Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation – February 7 2019 Info here
Sensory study on edible insects
The aim of this study made by the Food and Drug Department – University of Parma (Italy) was to investigate how sensory-liking attribute perceptions (appearance, taste and organoleptic characteristics) can change between a readily visible vs a processed insect product before and after tasting. Results indicate that texture and appearance of the insect are perceived […]
