Chemical composition, nutrient quality and acceptability of edible insects are affected by species, developmental stage, gender, diet, and processing method

VB Meyer-Rochow, RT Gahukar, S Ghosh, C Jung - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Edible insects have been considered as either nutritious food itemsper se, or as wholesome
ingredients to various dishes and components of traditional subsistence. Protein, fat, mineral …

Bioavailability of nutrients from edible insects

S Ojha, AED Bekhit, T Grune, OK Schlüter - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Edible insects are high value alternative protein sources, exhibiting high quality nutrient
compositions along with potentially health-promoting constituents. Insects are rich in protein …

Nutritional composition, health benefits, and application value of edible insects: a review

Y Zhou, D Wang, S Zhou, H Duan, J Guo, W Yan - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
For thousands of years, edible insects have been used as food to alleviate hunger and
improve malnutrition. Some insects have also been used as medicines because of their …

Starter culture development and innovation for novel fermented foods

MG Gänzle, L Monnin, J Zheng, L Zhang… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Interest in fermented foods is increasing because fermented foods are promising solutions
for more secure food systems with an increased proportion of minimally processed plant …

Insects as an alternative protein source

AM Liceaga, JE Aguilar-Toalá… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The recent COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected food supply chains worldwide, showing
the vulnerability of food security. Efforts to develop alternative protein sources that are …

Trends in functional food development with three-dimensional (3D) food printing technology: Prospects for value-added traditionally processed food products

YO Kewuyemi, H Kesa, OA Adebo - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
One of the recent, innovative, and digital food revolutions gradually gaining acceptance is
three-dimensional food printing (3DFP), an additive technique used to develop products …

Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry

AM Liceaga - Current opinion in insect science, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Edible insects need processing methods to increase their application for
food/feed.•Thermal, low-temperature, drying, fermentation, and proteolysis methods can be …

The periodic table of fermented foods: limitations and opportunities

M Gänzle - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Fermentation is one of the oldest methods of food processing and accounts for a substantial
proportion of human foods, including not only staple foods such as bread, cereal porridges …

Nutritional composition of edible insects consumed in Africa: A systematic review

ZT Hlongwane, R Slotow, TC Munyai - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Edible insects are an important protein rich natural resource that can contribute to resilient
food security. Edible insects not only play an important role in traditional diets, but are also …

Application of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS)‐based metabolomics for the study of fermented cereal and legume foods: A review

OA Adebo, SA Oyeyinka, JA Adebiyi… - … Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A new era of cutting‐edge technologies and advancements in analytical platforms and
omics sciences is disruptively bringing a paradigm shift in fundamental and translational …