Insects as food in the Netherlands: Production networks and the geographies of edibility

House, Jonas

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.05.011

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“…That means that food safety standards have just been established and it is expensive to comply with them. Moreover, there is still a lack of research with respect to the food safety and allergenic potentials of edible insects [83]. With novel foods, just as the aforementioned novel technologies, it is especially important for the consumer to know or be able to observe the specific advantages of the food product before they favor it over an already familiar product [84,85].…”

Section: Factors Related To the Food Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to its innovative characteristics, it can be difficult to implement building-related agriculture in compliance with existing local building laws [35]. The production of novel foods such as algae and edible insects is also highly regulated in the EU [83,91]. For insects, legislation still differs from country to country, often leaving companies in grey zones.…”

Section: Factors Related To (Non-supportive) Framework Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Will We Eat and Produce in the Cities of the Future? From Edible Insects to Vertical Farming—A Study on the Perception and Acceptability of New Approaches

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Global challenges such as climate change, increasing urbanization and a lack of transparency of food chains, have led to the development of innovative urban food production approaches, such as rooftop greenhouses, vertical farms, indoor farms, aquaponics as well as production sites for edible insects or micro-algae. Those approaches are still at an early stage of development and partly unknown among the public. The aim of our study was to identify the perception of sustainability, social acceptability and ethical aspects of these new approaches and products in urban food production. We conducted 19 qualitative expert interviews and applied qualitative content analysis. Our results revealed that major perceived benefits are educational effects, revaluation of city districts, efficient resource use, exploitation of new protein sources or strengthening of local economies. Major perceived conflicts concern negative side-effects, legal constraints or high investment costs. The extracted acceptance factors deal significantly with the "unknown". A lack of understanding of the new approaches, uncertainty about their benefits, concerns about health risks, a lack of familiarity with the food products, and ethical doubts about animal welfare represent possible barriers. We conclude that adaptation of the unsuitable regulatory framework, which discourages investors, is an important first step to foster dissemination of the urban food production approaches.

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Section: Factors Related To the Food Productsmentioning

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Section: Factors Related To (Non-supportive) Framework Conditionsmentioning

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How Will We Eat and Produce in the Cities of the Future? From Edible Insects to Vertical Farming—A Study on the Perception and Acceptability of New Approaches

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“…Estos buscan obtener información para, entre otros objetivos, desarrollar estrategias de marketing efectivas o identificar formas de comercialización más aceptables que fomenten el consumo y la formación de mercados (e.g. House, 2018). Del mismo modo, han surgido organismos como la Plataforma Internacional de Insectos para Alimento Humano y Animal (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed, o IPIFF por sus siglas en inglés -ipiff.org), consorcio que representa los intereses de los actores involucrados en el sector de producción de insectos de la Unión Europea para de este modo impulsar su desarrollo.…”

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Los insectos comestibles del Perú: Biodiversidad y perspectivas de la entomofagia en el contexto peruano

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Carbonell

2020

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La entomofagia, el consumo de insectos y sus derivados con fines nutricionales y/o terapéuticos, es una práctica cultural difundida en diversas regiones del mundo. El crecimiento poblacional y el impacto que el calentamiento global tendrán en la productividad agropecuaria convencional hacen necesario identificar fuentes complementarias de alimento sostenible. Por su alto contenido de proteínas, ácidos grasos, minerales y otros nutrientes, se estima que los insectos jugarán un rol importante en la seguridad alimentaria humana ante dicho escenario. Perú tiene una larga tradición de consumo de insectos; sin embargo, existe escasa documentación sobre las especies utilizadas, su distribución, forma de consumo y perfil nutricional. La presente revisión busca elaborar el primer listado nacional de insectos comestibles del Perú . Se halló que existen 66 especies reportadas de uso directo e indirecto, y otras 120 también presentes que, aunque su consumo no ha sido reportado en el Perú, este está documentado en países vecinos. En total se reportan 186 especies de facto o potencialmente utilizables: Hymenoptera (4 familias, 89 especies), Coleoptera (10 familias, 46 especies) y Lepidoptera (9 familias, 26 especies) representan el 86 % de esta diversidad, mientras que Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Blattodea, Hemiptera, Diptera, y Megaloptera, todos con 5 ó menos especies utilizadas, completan la lista. En base a estos hallazgos se discuten el potencial nutricional de los insectos, propuestas para fomentar el impulso de dicha industria en el Perú, y el valor de esta como estrategia adaptativa ante la transformación climática proyectada para el presente siglo.

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“…Van Huis et al, 2013). However, the wide range of non-western entomophagy practices are not the basis of recent European efforts (House, 2018a), which have been shaped by interactions between academia, business and policy since around 2006 (House, 2018b). Four main species – mealworms, buffalo worms, crickets and grasshoppers – are sold whole, powdered or processed into familiar product types, such as bread, cakes or pasta.…”

Section: Insects and Sustainable Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The article’s theoretical contribution is particularly useful, I argue, for analysis of the acceptance and routinisation of novel foods, helping to elaborate how positioning of foods as ‘edible’ is sociologically achieved rather than a purely psychological matter (cf. House, 2018b). The article also makes a substantive contribution to literatures on the introduction, uptake and normalisation of novel foods, indicating how the sociological constitution of established diets may inhibit novel foods’ diffusion.…”

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Modes of Eating and Phased Routinisation: Insect-Based Food Practices in the Netherlands

House

2018

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Sociological research on sustainable consumption has seen widespread application of theories of practice ('practice theories') as a means of transcending the limitations of epistemologically individualistic 'behaviour change' approaches. While in many ways the central insights of practice theories visa -vis consumption are now well established, this article argues that the approach holds further insights for sociological analysis of food consumption in general, and of novel foods in particular. Based on empirical research with consumers of a range of insect-based convenience foods in the Netherlands, this article introduces two practice-theoretic concepts-'modes of eating' and 'phased routinisation'-which contribute to sociological theorisations of how food practices are established, maintained, interdepend and change. Beyond its theoretical contribution, the article substantively extends research literatures on the introduction, uptake and normalisation of insect-based and other novel foods.

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Insects as food in the Netherlands: Production networks and the geographies of edibility

Cited by 44 publications

References 42 publications

How Will We Eat and Produce in the Cities of the Future? From Edible Insects to Vertical Farming—A Study on the Perception and Acceptability of New Approaches

How Will We Eat and Produce in the Cities of the Future? From Edible Insects to Vertical Farming—A Study on the Perception and Acceptability of New Approaches

Los insectos comestibles del Perú: Biodiversidad y perspectivas de la entomofagia en el contexto peruano

Modes of Eating and Phased Routinisation: Insect-Based Food Practices in the Netherlands

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