Big news in the EU: More insects for humans – and poultry and pigs too…
As it has been a really interesting week (and summer) for the insect industry I decided to send out issue #7 of Bugburgers newsletter! You find it here >>
Årsarkiv: 2021
Konsten att utveckla en insektskorv: Är isterband gjord på mjölmask framtiden?
Burgaren, korven, köttbullen… mat som alla svenskar känner till. Former som signalerar mat och som bevisligen kan fyllas med annat än kött. När Marcus Jacobsen och Mattias Stenström skulle ge sig i kast med sitt examensprojekt vid Institutionen för Livsmedelsteknik vid Lunds universitet valde de
The way forward: This is how the edible insect industry can be successful and compete with cultured meat
In 2014, when I started Bug Burger, it had been a year since FAO had released the report that changed the way many westerners look at insects. Suddenly a lot of people saw the enormous potential to shift from less sustainable protein alternatives (conventional meat)
EU gives the green light to mealworms as food! (but not for everyone…)
Update: On 1 June the application became part of the legislation. SAS EAP Group are now allowed to sell dried whole yellow mealworm larvae, yellow mealworm larvae as powder, and ”protein products” (max 10 g mealworm per 100 g), ”biscuits” (max 10 g mealworm per
The edible insects book parade
I have a lot of books about eating insects in my bookshelf. So one day I decided to go through them all and post one book per day, in chronological order, on Bugburger’s Instagram account. 19 books, 19 days. Here is the parade from 1885
Her business idea: Feed insects with plastic – create healthy food
In the emerging insect industry the big stars are mealworms (Tenebrio Molitor & Alphitobius diaperinus), crickets (Acheta domesticus & Gryllodes Sigillatus), grasshoppers (Locusta migratoria & Schistocerca gregaria) and, maybe the most rising star of all: BSF, Black Soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens). An insect species people
Kosher grasshopper meat , cikadas and scientific knowledge
I have just sent #5 of Bugburgers newsletter. You find the latest edition here >> and copies of two of the stories below! If you are not already a subscriber? Please subscribe! Hargol – kosher grasshoppers are made into meat It’s been an interesting year
The top 5 list of celebrities endorsing edible insects
Slowly, slowly more and more people in the Western world accept insects as food, and a larger group of early adopters that have overcome their fear/prejudice even eat insects and like it. I firmly believe that the most important part of making edible insects (like
Mjölmask! Första insekten på väg att godkännas som mat av EU!
För snart tre år sedan lämnade SAS EAP Group (numera Agronutis), ägare till franska insektsföretaget Micronutris in sin novel food-ansökan om att tillåta torkade mjölmaskar som ingrediens i mat. Idag den 13 januari 2021 offentliggjordes EFSA (Europeiska livsmedelssäkerhetsmyndigheten) sin rekommendation: Mjölmask är säker som mat.