Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Plant-based meat analogues, edible insects, and cultured meat are promising major meat
alternatives that can be used as protein sources in the future. It is also believed that the …

Due to their properties and applications, the growing demand for chitin and chitosan has
stimulated the market to find more sustainable alternatives to the current commercial source …

This review summarizes the current trends related to insect as food resources among
consumers, industry, and academia. In Western societies, edible insects have a greater …

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 are high value alternative protein sources, exhibiting high quality nutrient
compositions along with potentially health-promoting constituents. Insects are rich in protein …

Animal-based proteins are the most consumed worldwide given their well-balanced
nutritional composition. However, the growing demand for animal proteins will not be …

Generally, bioactive peptides are natural compounds of food or part of protein that are
inactive in the precursor molecule. However, they may be active after hydrolysis and can be …

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 …

There is an increasing demand for alternative and sustainable protein sources, such as
vegetables, insects and microorganisms, that can meet the nutritional and sensory …