Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...

In response to the global increase in demand for food caused by demographic growth and population aging, a team of researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has made progress in ...

Researchers from Tufts and UMass analyzed a wide range of protein sources to understand how each one’s strengths could fill ...

The £1.5 million farm, which has its own chief scientist, aims to produce 3,500 tons of insect protein a year using the black ...

The growing pressure on global food systems has intensified the interest in sustainable protein sources. Four insect species have been authorized as novel foods in the EU following safety evaluations ...

Explore the cultural disconnect around edible insects in India and their potential as sustainable food sources at a Bengaluru ...

Entomophagy has long been recognised as an underutilised strategy to address food security issues. Eating insects is one part ...

Catherine Norton receives funding from government funding, research council grants and industry. With thanks to Sarah Mae Crosse, Aoife Finlay and Sarah Dooley, undergraduate students at the ...

The alternative protein sector has seen better days. Whether its plant-based, cultivated or insect protein, meat and dairy alternatives are struggling to appeal. As consumers are increasingly being ...

Many people are repulsed at the idea of eating insects, whether freeze-dried or still very much alive and wriggling. But do those same reservations extend to what they feed their beloved pets? Not if ...