NBC NEWS: FEB 16 2017, 11:13 AM ET by JOSEPH BENNINGTON-CASTRO The world's population is creeping up on 7.5 billion, but estimates suggest we'll have a whopping 9 billion mouths to feed by 2050. Unless we all stick to salads, the global production of meat will need to double in that time to feed our growing population, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO). Feed and crop production will also have [...]
By John Ruberson Aaron Dossey, founder and owner of All Things Bugs, will present "Developing Insects for Food, Feed, Pharma and Other Valuable Applications" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in 231 Waters Hall. Light refreshments will be served before the seminar, and all are welcome to attend. Dossey is a lifelong, self-taught entomologist and enthusiast of entomology and nature, as anyone who has ever known him can strongly attest. He received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry and [...]
Comprehensive reference describes how insects can be mass produced and incorporated into the world's food supply at an industrial and cost-effective scale CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - August 25, 2016) - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Production, Processing and Food Applications, edited by Aaron T. Dossey, Juan Morales-Ramos and M. Guadalupe Rojas. This book provides valuable guidance on how [...]
As the alternative food industry has been booming with cricket powder-based products within the last few years or so, there have also been quite a few skeptics renouncing the benefits of our favorite sustainable alternative food source...so we rounded up our top five benefits for using Griopro®! Crickets are the complete protein source and cricket powder boasts 65% protein and all essential amino acids. But, contrary to other protein sources, it is mainly low calorie [...]
Edible insect expert All Things Bugs has unveiled a new brand name for its cricket powder:Griopro® (based on grillo – Spanish for cricket; and Pro for protein), which it claims opens up a broader variety of application opportunities for food & beverage formulators owing to its finer particle size, paler color and milder flavor and aroma. Read Full Article