Protein is one of the most essential nutrients for our bodies. When most people hear the word “protein,” they probably think of animal-derived products. This is because our modern diets heavily depend on animal-derived proteins like fish, red meat...
Insect food is attracting more and more attention as a protein in the future that will mitigate the food crisis. While intrigued, some people may hesitate, thinking, “It’s a little scary to eat something I’ve never experienced...
In January, TAKEO Co. Ltd. launched “Insect Food and Us,” an insect food web media, aimed at making readers feel more familiar with insect food. The company carefully spins diverse stories of people involved in insect food and shares...
Throughout history, the all-time favorite protein source has been insects. Eating insects was once common across mankind, with the ancient Greeks and Romans of 2,500 years ago seemingly partial to a bug or two. Some say that entomophagy in Japan may...
CricketFarm Co. Ltd., which operates an edible cricket farming business, has developed a new space-saving breeding facility at its Okaya farm in Nagano Prefecture. With the introduction of IoT automation, even with a small area and a small number of...
It is estimated that at least 720 million people in the world are currently unable to eat enough food. In other words, about 1 in 9 people are considered to be hungry. The rising costs of food shortages are beginning to directly affect even the...
A Tokyo-based edible-insect company has begun joint research with a university expert aimed at expanding bug dining choices by optimizing techniques to mass produce edible locusts. Not only tasty, locusts are an even more environmentally friendly...
Insect eating, or entomophagy, may not sound too attractive, especially to those who avoid any contact with insects in their daily lives. Even those who spent their childhood chasing grasshoppers or other insects may feel uncomfortable about...
Global population growth is causing a food crisis. Traditional meat, such as beef, pork and chicken will maybe not satisfy our stomach in the future. In response to it, the movement is developing “insect food”, “vegetable meat” and “substitute meat”...