Use of black soldier fly larvae for food waste treatment and energy production in Asian countries: a review

CH Kim, JH Ryu, J Lee, K Ko, J Lee, KY Park, H Chung - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Food waste accounts for a substantial portion of the organic waste generated at an
increasing rate worldwide. Organic waste, including food waste, is largely subjected to …

Nutritional qualities and enhancement of edible insects

A Van Huis, B Rumpold, C Maya… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Over the last decade, the urgency to find alternative and sustainable protein sources has
prompted an exponential increase in the interest in insects as a human food source. Edible …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities, challenges and solutions for black soldier fly larvae-based animal feed production

SS Raman, LC Stringer, NC Bruce… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing global demand for animal protein combined with an urgent need to advance
towards global sustainability, as enshrined within the Sustainable Development Goals …

Nutritional value of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae processed by different methods

NFNM Zulkifli, AY Seok-Kian, LL Seng, S Mustafa… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Nutritional value of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) processed by three
different methods of treatment was compared. The resulting products were the spray-dried …

Consumer perceptions of insect consumption: A review of western research since 2015

R Ardoin, W Prinyawiwatkul - International Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Edible insects have been touted as a sustainable food of the future, but for Western
consumers, the concept of entomophagy is largely unfamiliar and often disgusting. This …

Poultry meat and eggs as an alternative source of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for human nutrition

A Cartoni Mancinelli, S Mattioli, C Twining, A Dal Bosco… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
The beneficial effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA) on human
health are widely known. Humans are rather inefficient in synthesizing n-3 LC-PUFA; thus …

Effect of the rearing substrate on total protein and amino acid composition in black soldier fly

A Fuso, S Barbi, LI Macavei, AV Luparelli, L Maistrello… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Insects are becoming increasingly relevant as protein sources in food and feed. The Black
Soldier Fly (BSF) is one of the most utilized, thanks to its ability to live on many leftovers …

[HTML][HTML] Physico-chemical and colloidal properties of protein extracted from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae

LS Queiroz, M Regnard, F Jessen… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus), has been largely utilized
for animal feed. Due to its interesting composition, BSFL has great potential to be further …

Waste-to-nutrition: a review of current and emerging conversion pathways

U Javourez, M O'donohue, L Hamelin - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Residual biomass is acknowledged as a key sustainable feedstock for the transition towards
circular and low fossil carbon economies to supply whether energy, chemical, material and …

Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

K Tepper, O Edwards, A Sunna, IT Paulsen… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
A major roadblock towards the realisation of a circular economy are the lack of high-value
products that can be generated from waste. Black soldier flies (BSF; Hermetia illucens) are …