Edible insects as a sustainable alternative to food products: An insight into quality aspects of reformulated bakery and meat products

MM Borges, DV da Costa, FM Trombete… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Insects can be good sources of sustainable raw materials for alternative
foods.•Product formulation and insect processing interfere in sensory attributes.•Replacing …

The motivations for consumption of edible insects: A systematic review

SG Florença, RPF Guine, FJA Goncalves, MJ Barroca… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The consumption of edible insects (EI) is traditional in many parts of the world, but not in
others. In fact, despite globalization and the multiple advantages pointed out about the …

Edible insects as foods: mapping scientific publications and product launches in the global market (1996-2021)

F Boukid, G Sogari, CM Rosell - Journal of Insects as …, 2023 - wageningenacademic.com
Edible insects are gaining interest for their health and environmental merits as human food.
Within this framework, the main objectives of this research are to fill the gap between market …

Bioactive peptide discovery from edible insects for potential applications in human health and agriculture

Y Quah, SR Tong, J Bojarska, K Giller, SA Tan… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, there has been fast-growing interest among researchers to discover
bioactive peptides from edible insects and to evaluate their potential applications in the …

Synergistic effects of pH shift and heat treatment on solubility, physicochemical and structural properties, and lysinoalanine formation in silkworm pupa protein isolates

H Xu, J Pan, M Dabbour, BK Mintah, W Chen… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of silkworm pupa protein isolates (SPPI) in food industry was limited
because SPPI's solubility is poor and it contains a potential harmful component of …

Recent insight on edible insect protein: Extraction, functional properties, allergenicity, bioactivity, and applications

J Pan, H Xu, Y Cheng, BK Mintah, M Dabbour, F Yang… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the recent increase in the human population and the associated shortage of protein
resources, it is necessary to find new, sustainable, and natural protein resources from …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional characteristics, microbial loads and consumer acceptability of cookies enriched with insect (Ruspolia differens) meal

BO Ochieng, JO Anyango, FM Khamis, S Ekesi… - LWT, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Utilization of Ruspolia differens Serville as functional food ingredient is rapidly
gaining popularity. This study evaluated the nutrient quality, microbial safety and consumers' …

The accumulation of heavy metals in feeder insects and their impact on animal production

E Malematja, TG Manyelo, NA Sebola… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Insects have emerged as a novel feed protein source that could help to produce enough
food to feed the growing global population. Good-quality protein content, minerals and …

Insects as food and medicine: a sustainable solution for global health and environmental challenges

OF Aidoo, J Osei-Owusu, K Asante, AK Dofuor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Insects are a significant source of food for millions of people worldwide. Since ancient times,
insects in medicine have been contributing to the treatment of diseases in humans and …

Nutrient Composition and Growth of Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) at Different Ages and Stages of the Life Cycle

OA Toviho, P Bársony - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The nutrient composition of yellow mealworm (YM) Tenebrio molitor varies based on the
stages of the life cycle, the rearing conditions, and the feeding substrate. This study …