Edible insects acceptance by belgian consumers: promising attitude for entomophagy development

By R. C. Megido, L. Sablon, M. Geuens, Yves Brostaux, T. Alabi, C. Blecker, D. Drugmand, E. Haubruge, F. Francis. 2014

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The insectivore’s dilemma, and how to take the West out of it (2015, background): “In one of the few studies to have been conducted so far, Belgian consumers were shown to more readily to accept insects (mealworms and house crickets in this case) when they were prepared in a familiar manner, and associated with known flavors (see Caparros Megido et al., 2013).”
‘Entomophagy’: an evolving terminology in need of review (2015, background): “Yet consumers who find the idea of eating ‘insects’ offensive were also found to express more positivity towards certain insect species and preparations when presented with contextualized images and/or products (Caparros Megido et al. , 2014; Tan et al. , 2015).”
Profiling consumers who are ready to adopt insects as a meat substitute in a Western society (2015, background): “The study herewith supports the hypothesis about the effect of neophobia on consumers’ willingness to eat insects as set forth by Megido et al. (2014).”