Insects as food and feed, a new emerging agricultural sector: a review

A Van Huis - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2020 - wageningenacademic.com
During the last five years the scientific knowledge on insects as food and feed has been
growing exponentially. At the same time, the industrial sector is increasingly engaged in …

Postharvest processes of edible insects in Africa: A review of processing methods, and the implications for nutrition, safety and new products development

C Mutungi, FG Irungu, J Nduko, F Mutua… - Critical Reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In many African cultures, insects are part of the diet of humans and domesticated animals.
Compared to conventional food and feed sources, insects have been associated with a low …

Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey

B Belton, DS Johnson, E Thrift, J Olsen… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dried fish—here defined broadly as aquatic animals preserved using simple techniques,
such as sun‐drying, salting, fermentation, and smoking that permit storage as foods at …

Cultural significance of termites in sub-Saharan Africa

A Van Huis - Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2017 - Springer
Background The number of termite species in the world is more than 2500, and Africa with
more than 1000 species has the richest intercontinental diversity. The family Termitidae …

Termites as human foods—A comprehensive review

SA Siddiqui, I Fernando, YR Saraswati… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global food production is anticipated to rise along with the growth of the global population.
As a result, creative solutions must be devised to ensure that everyone has access to …

Impacts of insect consumption on human health

VJ Stull - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2021 - wageningenacademic.com
Edible insects represent an understudied food resource that may promote human health.
They characteristically contain ample protein, healthy fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins, and …

Dietary diversity and fish consumption of mothers and their children in fisher households in Komodo District, eastern Indonesia

E Gibson, N Stacey, TCH Sunderland, DS Adhuri - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Small-scale coastal fisheries contribute directly and indirectly to the food and nutrition
security of marine-dependent households. Fishers can apportion part of their catch for …

Inclusion of small indigenous fish improves nutritional quality during the first 1000 days

JR Bogard, AL Hother, M Saha, S Bose… - Food and nutrition …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Within food-based approaches to improve nutrition during the first 1000 days of
life, improved formulations of food products and the use of animal source foods, such as fish …

Edible insects—A novel source of essential nutrients for human diet: Learning from traditional knowledge

JN Kinyuru, JB Mogendi, CA Riwa… - Animal Frontiers, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The consumption of insects is known as entomophagy, and it is practiced by indigenous
communities from different regions of the world.• The key nutritional values of edible insect …

Acceptability of biscuits containing 10% cricket (Acheta domesticus) compared to milk biscuits among 5-10-year-old Kenyan schoolchildren

AM Homann, MA Ayieko… - Journal of Insects …, 2017 - wageningenacademic.com
Children in Kenya are at risk of undernutrition. Milk powder is the 'golden standard'in
products to prevent undernutrition but is expensive and cannot be produced locally. House …