For thousands of years, edible insects have been used as food to alleviate hunger and
improve malnutrition. Some insects have also been used as medicines because of their …

This review aims to provide an updated overview of edible insect proteins and the bioactivity
of insect-derived peptides. The essential amino acid content of edible insects is compared …

The consumption of edible insects can be anadvantageous alternative to the conventional
food supply chain, which involves global water waste, land deficit, undernutrition, and …

Due to the recent increase in the human population and the associated shortage of protein
resources, it is necessary to find new, sustainable, and natural protein resources from …

The black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus), has been largely utilized
for animal feed. Due to its interesting composition, BSFL has great potential to be further …

Insects have long been consumed by humans as a supplemental protein source, and
interest in entomophagy has rapidly increased in recent years as a potential sustainable …

The burgeoning global population growth has raised concerns regarding the expected
increase in the demand for food, which could be partially tackled by identifying novel food …

The production of alternative proteins to meet the demand of a growing population has
accelerated the growth of the market for edible insects. Black fly soldier (BFS) larvae …

Cottonseed meal (CM) is a useful protein resource, but the presence of gossypol (a toxic
compound) limits it utilization in industry. To reduce the gossypol content, the use of …

In this study, edible insect flours from Gonimbrasia belina (Mashonzha), Hermetia illucens
(black soldier fly larvae) and Macrotermes subhylanus (Madzhulu) were prepared and …