Edible insects as a means to address global malnutrition and food insecurity issues

Tao, Jaynie; Li, Yao Olive

doi:10.1093/fqsafe/fyy001

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“…Humanity faces the serious challenge of supplying enough food for its growing world population in an efficient and sustainable way, limiting the generation of wastes that may contaminate the environment. Furthermore, the high demand and competition for raw materials between the production of feedstuff, as well as foodstuff, when in some countries the population suffers malnutrition, has triggered the search for new and alternative sources of proteins and fat ( Tao and Li 2018 ). Insects have been used as a food source by many civilizations since they have high contents of biologically valuable protein, fatty acids (FAs), and micronutrients ( Rumpold and Schluter 2013 , Nowak et al 2016 , Payne et al 2016 , Sun-Waterhouse et al 2016 , Gravel and Doyen 2020 ).…”

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Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Riudavets¹,

Castañé²,

Agustí³

et al. 2020

Journal of Insect Science

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The aim of this study was to evaluate five agro-industrial byproducts (apricots, brewer’s spent grains, brewer’s spent yeast, feed mill byproducts including broken cereal grains, and hatchery waste including eggshell debris, fluff, infertile eggs, dead embryos, and egg fluids) or mixtures thereof as food diets of Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller), Tenebrio molitor (L.), and Hermetia illucens (L.). Eleven out of 26 tested combinations allowed the first instar larvae to reach the adult stage. Results showed that bioconversion parameters and biomass composition can vary depending on the diet composition, especially in the case of E. kuehniella and H. illucens, whose nutritional requirements seem more complex than those of T. molitor. Tenebrio molitor was able to develop in almost all byproducts. However, only when T. molitor was fed with suitable mixtures of byproducts the development parameters were similar to those obtained with the standard diet. The best results in terms of bioconversion parameters were obtained by feeding H. illucens with a diet including dried brewer’s spent grain, feed mill byproducts and brewer’s spent yeast. The larvae of these three species can be considered interesting from a nutritional point of view, because of their high protein and fat content. However, the fatty acids profile of H. illucens larvae, with high proportions of saturated fatty acids, seems less healthy for human consumption compared with those of E. kuehniella and T. molitor.

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Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Riudavets¹,

Castañé²,

Agustí³

et al. 2020

Journal of Insect Science

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“…Another approach that is being actively pursued to reduce the potentially negative impacts of animal- based foods on the environment is to consume insectbased foods (Tao & Li 2018). Many species of edible insects are a rich source of both macronutrients and micronutrients (Belluco et al 2013;Nowak et al 2016).…”

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“…One of the major challenges in this area is to overcome the neophobia and disgust that many consumers in Western countries currently have about eating insects (Mancini et al 2019). It should be noted, however, that over 2 billion people around the world already consume insects as part of their diet, albeit not as a major component (Tao & Li 2018), which highlights the fact that eating insects is not inherently undesirable to humans. Many Western consumers currently find the thought of eating whole insects distasteful, but may be more willing to try insects that are incorporated into products in forms that they are not directly visible, such as baked products or meat analogues.…”

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Future foods: Is it possible to design a healthier and more sustainable food supply?

McClements

2020

Nutrition Bulletin

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There is increasing concern about the negative impact of the modern food system on the health of both us and our planet. As the global population continues to increase, we need to feed everyone without irreparably harming the environment. Moreover, the food produced should be affordable, convenient, safe, nutritious and sustainable. This article reviews some of the recent technological advances being employed to design foods to improve their healthiness and sustainability. In particular, emphasis is placed on how processed foods can be redesigned to make them healthier by altering the nature and structural organisation of their constituents to modulate the way they behave inside our bodies. This includes reducing the levels of undesirable food constituents, such as saturated fat, salt and sugar, as well as incorporating health‐promoting ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, bioactive compounds, prebiotics and probiotics. Moreover, foods are being designed to be masticated and digested more slowly or to release their constituents at particular locations along our gastrointestinal tract, which may help to fight obesity and diabetes by reducing appetite. A focus will also be placed on some of the new technologies being developed to create alternatives to animal products, such as meat, milk and egg, which should reduce the amount of meat consumed and alleviate some of its negative impacts on our environment.

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“…At the same time, edible insects are part of the traditional diet in over 113 countries from Asia, Africa, and South America. Tao and Li (2018) conclude, according to the FAO that the "world's population will be approaching 9 billion by 2050. As the number grows, natural resources such as land and water degrade fast.…”

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Entomofagy A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

Simion¹,

Bucea-Manea²,

Amfim³

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Entomophagy or the practice of eating insects has been known and practiced for millennia by people around the world, and being taken into account in countries where insect consumption is considered to be exotic behavior or the evolution of society begins to impose it. Food security is a prerequisite for the welfare of the population and can be achieved by appropriately capitalizing on the natural resources available to Romania's agriculture. Its approach and development must be in two directions, strongly interrelated with each other, namely a quantitative one and a qualitative one. The quantitative aspect regards as a matter of priority the provision of the necessary amount of food to meet the physiological needs of a reference population, while the quality aspect focuses on the nutritional value of foods consumed by the population so that its health is not affected or compromised. Considering the two above-mentioned aspects, we consider that the practice of consuming edible insects presents several advantages, both quantitative and qualitative, which should not be neglected in ensuring food security. Innovation must be implemented throughout the agri-food chain, and entomophagy can be one of the viable solutions to support food security. In order to emphasize the importance of entomophagy in ensuring food security, the paper brings to the fore a series os aspects regarding the review of the scientific literature in the field, the nutritional value of insects, the impact of insect food production on the environment, and consumer attitudes towards entomophagy. At the end of the paper, a small attempt is made to assess to what extent Romanian consumers are prepared to accept edible insects in their food.

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Edible insects as a means to address global malnutrition and food insecurity issues

Cited by 112 publications

References 26 publications

Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Future foods: Is it possible to design a healthier and more sustainable food supply?

Entomofagy A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

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Edible insects as a means to address global malnutrition and food insecurity issues

Cited by 112 publications

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Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Development and Biomass Composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared on Different Byproducts of the Agri-Food Industry

Future foods: Is it possible to design a healthier and more sustainable food supply?

Entomofagy  A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

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