While cost is a barrier - and regulatory issues need ironing out - mainstream food manufacturers are "way more open" to using edible insects than you would think, says the founder of the word's largest insect-based food ingredient manufacturer, All Things Bugs. "We're having conversations with a lot of food manufacturers in baked goods, snacks, protein powders, and even mainstream food manufacturers have been way more open to this than you probably would think." Read [...]

CHICAGO—The growing consumer demand for protein—and the lack of new farmland to raise more livestock—could make insects an attractive alternative to traditional protein sources, according to a July 13 symposium at IFT15: Where Science Feeds Innovation hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists(IFT) in Chicago. “We have 7 billion people now and that’s projected to be 9 billion in 2050. We’re already using a third of the land on Earth for raising livestock, and the [...]