That creepy-crawly feeling you get thinking about eating bugs? It might be time to get over it. While Western cultures still wrinkle their noses at insect protein, a quiet revolution is transforming ...

Europe’s edible insect market is booming online, but despite their impressive nutrition stats, bugs on the plate remain a tough sell for most consumers. Study: Are Insect-Based Foods Healthy? An ...

A new review shows that the value of edible insect proteins depends less on the bugs themselves than on how processing shapes their structure, function, safety and performance in real foods.

Edible insects provide nutrient-dense proteins, beneficial lipids, essential micronutrients, and dietary fiber, with nutritional profiles shaped by species, life stage, processing, and rearing ...

“We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher. Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as ...

As global food systems evolve, many communities are exploring new sources of sustainable and nutritious food. Edible insects and other novel foods are gaining attention as alternative sources of ...

Growing interest in alternative proteins, functional pet nutrition, and specialized life-stage diets is creating new ...

Could insect meal and lab-grown meat be a more sustainable, ethical way to feed our cats and dogs? Insect-protein entrepreneurs looking for open-minded eaters could hardly do better than a dog like ...