The Basic Food Requirements of Several Insects

The Basic Food Requirements of Several Insects

It is well known that insects, as a class, feed on an immense variety of different substances, and that each food has its specific insects. But it has never been explained whether, or to what extent, this relationship of insects and food is due to differences in the basic food requirements of different insects. In studying the dietetics of insects it was hoped to find an answer to the question:...

The vitamin B-complex requirements of several insects.

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Insects as Food – Something for the Future?

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

The largest portion of a product’s environmental impacts and costs of manufacturing and use results from decisions taken in the conceptual design phase long before its market entry. To foster sustainable production patterns, applying life cycle assessment in the early product development stage is gaining importance. Following recent scientific studies on using dipteran fly species for waste man...

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

There is an urgent need to increase the supply of sustainable protein for use in animal feed and the use of insect protein provides a potential alternative to protein crops and fishmeal. For example, fly larvae are highly compatible with use in animal feed containing much digestible protein with levels of key amino acids that are comparable with those found in high value alternatives such as so...