BugNuggets

…or why you should be eating insects

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   Oct 04

Insect bread for sale in Holland

There’s at least one Dutch bakery, Bakker Hazenberg in Vlaardingen (NL), that bakes and sells insect-enriched bread. On purpose, mind you. At least they USED to make them. Contact them to ask if they’re still at it, if you feel like nibbling on a bug bun… Alas, the videos on the bakery’s website have been […]

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   May 26

Everybody eats bugs…

…even vegetarians do. Eating insects — processed or not — is quite common in the Western world. A simple example is our common food colouring coded “E120”. Basically, that’s a bright red insect ground up and used as dye. By the way, it’s a vegetarian insect, so startled veggies need not worry too much here […]

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   May 19

Eating bugs?

BugNuggets.Com aims to explain why people should be eating more insects. Bugs, if you will… “Bugs?” you say… Yes. Insects are high in nutrients, can be raised and harvested in an energy-efficient and sustainable way, and can be yummy too. Apart from the famous Bugnuggets, other insect-based snacks will be mentioned and reviewed here. Also, […]

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