Several supermarkets in Belgium are reported to start selling insect-based snacks in October 2014. These snacks will include insect burgers, nuggets and schnitzels. The protein will be harvested from larvae from the black fungus beetle, a very sustainable source. Belgian food authorities were happy to add these insects to the official list of allowed and […]
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Which insects are edible? (part 1)
Of course, you could watch the Bush Tucker Man or Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel and make a note every time they gobble up an insect – be it a grub or a spider or a handful of ants. But there are in fact lists of edible insects published online. Yeay! Here’s one for […]
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