Energy Supplied by Edible Insects from Mexico and their Nutritional and Ecological Importance

By J. Ramos-Elorduy. 2008

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Subfields: Genetics, Insect Science, Social Psychology

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Entomophagy and human food security (2011, background): “Collecting insects by people migrating from neighbouring regions has been reported from Mexico by Ramos-Elorduy (2008).”
Larvae of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.) as European novel food (2013, background): “Globally, about 1700 insect species are consumed [2,3], including 547 in Mexico [4].”
Potential and challenges of insects as an innovative source for food and feed production (2013, background): “…Brazil 23 DeFoliart (1997) Colombia 48 DeFoliart (1997) Ecuador 83 Onore (1997) Oaxaca, Mexico 78 Ramos-Elorduy et al. (1997) Mexico 545 Ramos-Elorduy (2008) USA 69 DeFoliart (1997) Asia Burma 17 DeFoliart (1997) China 46 DeFoliart (1997) India 24 DeFoliart (1997) Irian Jaya, New…”
Why we still don't eat insects: Assessing entomophagy promotion through a diffusion of innovations framework (2015, background): “, 2014), will not only reduce waste but also the ecological footprint of the livestock, which can convert insects to flesh much more easily (Ramos-Elorduy, 2008).”
Could Grasshoppers Be a Nutritive Meal (2012, background): “Edible insects also have a great energetic value [17,18,39,40].”
Entomophagy and insect conservation: some thoughts for digestion (2009, background): “Some interesting challenges include the integration of mass rearing of insects into small scale farming ventures such as development of organic waste recycling systems using insects (DeFoliart 1995; Ramos-Elorduy 2008 ).”
Insect lipid profile: aqueous versus organic solvent-based extraction methods (2014, background): “Insect production is a potential agricultural business because insects have a high nutritional value and their rearing has a low environmental impact (Oonincx et al., 2010; Ramos-Elorduy, 2008; van Huis, 2013).”
An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption (2010, background): “Production of animal protein in the form of edible insects supposedly has a lower environmental impact than conventional livestock [12,13,14].”
Feed Conversion, Survival and Development, and Composition of Four Insect Species on Diets Composed of Food By-Products (2015, background): “One of the suggested advantages of insects over conventional production animals such as chickens, pigs and cattle, is a higher feed conversion efficiency, due to insects being poikilothermic [2, 9, 10].”
Review of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) as Animal Feed and Human Food (2017, background): “Ramos-Elorduy’s other ethnographic studies of Mexican entomophagy make no references to BSFL rearing [2,168,169].”
A Comprehensive Look at the Possibilities of Edible Insects as Food in Europe – a Review (2014, background): “Livestock now consume more human edible protein than they produce: livestock consume 77 million tons of protein in feedstuff that is potential for human nutrition to produce 58 million tons of protein [De Foliart, 1995; Ramos-Elorduy, 2008].”