A Comprehensive Look at the Possibilities of Edible Insects as Food in Europe – a Review
By Jiri Mlcek, O. Rop, M. Borkovcová, M. Bednářová. 2014
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Abstract Possibilities of edible insects use in European countries, are now an increasingly debated issue. Insects in Asian, African, Central American and South Central American cultures are mainly nutritional components. This review mainly describes the species of insects that are suitable as food in Europe and other developed countries. This comprehensive work addresses the issue of eating insects, especially considering the nutritionally important factors. Risks are also mentioned, as well as allergies, toxicity, and other aspects of the breeding and use of edible insects. Insects play and will play important roles in the future in various fields of research, exploitation, breeding, etc. This review provides a comprehensive current and future view of insects as a valuable foodstuff.
Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, Social Psychology
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Citations in the corpus
- Acceptability and sensory evaluation of energy bars and protein bars enriched with edible insect (2018, background): “Benefit of exoskeleton is the high content of chitin, which has similar effect as fibre, but it is also an allergen (Bednářová et al., 2010; Mlček et al., 2014).”
- Risk profile related to production and consumption of insects as food and feed (2015, background): “More studies under field conditions are necessary to allow a conclusive evaluation of the sustainability of insects as protein rich food and feed sources (e.g. FAO, 2013; Windisch et al. 2013; Mlcek et al. 2014; Lundy and Parrella 2015).”