In a world where 1 billion people suffer from hunger, lands and seas are overexploited and
production systems are unsustainable, and there is an urgent need to find alternative foods …

The ingestion of insects has become a new trend in food science approximately since 2013,
when the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a …

Edible insects as food have been considered as a core future protein source. Not only are
edible insects abundant in nutrient value, but also have numbers of functional substances …

For centuries, insects have been used as food due to their availability and easiness in
raising that is much less burdensome for environment than animal husbandry breeding …

Simple Summary Tenebrio molitor (T. molitor) larvae, known as mealworm, have been
considered a good protein source for monogastric animals. They have a high quantity and …

About one-third of the food produced annually worldwide ends up as waste. A minor part of
this waste is used for biofuel and compost production, but most is landfilled, causing …

Simple Summary The demand for more sustainable protein sources is growing. Insects are
believed to have potential as a sustainable protein source since they can be produced with …

Simple Summary Insects have been considered as an alternative to fishmeal in animal feed
formulations. Current methods for mass producing them remain expensive and, although …

Continued population growth could lead to protein deficiency in the human diet. To
counteract this risk, attempts are being made to identify new edible sources of protein. The …

Insects are an alternative source of human and animal food that not only have nutritional
characteristics and important bioactive compounds, but also can help reduce the impact of …