This study aimed at exploring the possibility of substituting powdered milk (PM) with migratory locust powder (MLP) as a cheap and sustainable alternative protein source in peanut-based ready-to-use therapeutic foods used in treatment of malnutrition. The migratory locust is a wide spread and...

Given the novelty of the industrial production of the edible insects sector, research has primarily focused on the zootechnical performances of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in response to different substrates and rearing conditions as a basis to optimize yield and quality. However recently,...

With rapid growing world population and increasing demand for natural resources, the production of sufficient food, feed for protein and fat sources and sustainable energy presents a food insecurity challenge globally. Insect biorefinery is a concept of using insect as a tool to convert biomass...

Livestock production makes up 70 to 80% of the world's agricultural land use and yet only produces 18% of all calories and 25% of all proteins consumed by humans. To grow food for livestock uses 33% of the world's cropland. Although lifestyle changes, such as vegetarianism and veganism, may help to ...

The utilization of insect protein in poultry feed is globally gaining momentum. However, the nutritional quality of meat from hen fed diet with black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) as fishmeal (FM) substitute has received limited research attention. Our results revealed that feed substitution did...

The cost of chicken production in developing countries is 300% higher than in developed nations. Overreliance on the key protein feed ingredients especially soybean and fishmeal (SFM) that are characterized by rising food-feed competition and supply chain impediments exacerbate the situation. The...

Thirty male weaned crossbred rabbits (New Zealand White x local female), at 8 weeks of age and with initial live weight of 816 ± 83 g (Mean ± SD) were housed in individual cages to identify the fish meal replacement by cricket meal for growing rabbits. The protein content of the fish meal in the...

Dietary honey bee royal jelly increases insect growth rates and adult body size. Royal jelly as a dietary supplement could enhance mass insect production by increasing the body size of mass-reared model species. To determine the effect of royal jelly on a cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus...

Cricket (Acheta domesticus) flour represent a sustainable unexploited source of protein, minerals, fat, amino-acids, polysaturated fatty acid, B group vitamins, total phenols and antioxidant activity that recently drawn mainstream attention. The main goal of the present research was to valorize...

In a rapidly changing societal context regarding meat, several alternatives are available to consumers. Do plant analogues, "meat in vitro " and insects meet the nutritional needs and tastes of consumers? Would they be willing to pay more for these alternatives? And how is this willingness to pay...