Extrusion-based 3D food printing is one of the most common ways to manufacture complex
shapes and personalized food. A wide variety of food raw materials have been documented …

In this study, two edible insect species; Acheta domesticus (house cricket) and Tenebrio
molitor (yellow mealworm) were defatted using different extraction methods and …

Food fortification with edible insects can offer high nutritional values, improve consumer
acceptance and sustainability of resources. This study elucidates the ramifications of …

As part of the quest for sustainable food choices, edible insects draw increasing attention.
Nevertheless, not enough is known regarding their digestive fate and specifically little is …

Edible insects are healthy and sustainable but are rejected as food in Western populations
due to disgust. We tested the effectiveness of written interventions to reduce disgust and …

The most serious threat which humans face is rapid global climate change, as the Earth
shifts rapidly into a regime less hospitable to humans. To address the crisis caused by …

Simple Summary There is growing interest in the use of edible insects as an alternative
source of protein and fat in food/feed formulations. Yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) …

Entomophagy has been part of human diets for a long time in a significant part of the world,
but insects are considered to be a novel food everywhere else. It would appear to be a …

Since the world's population will continue to grow in the next decades, the problem of
providing people with food will deepen. One-third of the food production volume is wasted …

This Special Issue of Foods explores different aspects of how insects can be used as a novel
resource for food and feed. Some contributions deal with questions of acceptability and …