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rumschlumpel ( @ichmagrum@feddit.de ) English22•5 months agoI’m still kind of puzzled about why you’d want to use something like this, instead of plant-based ingredients.
Though obviously it doesn’t make sense to completely outlaw it, either.
Kevin Herrera ( @kherge@beehaw.org ) English5•5 months agoI haven’t figured this out either, but my wild guess is the greater protein content over carbs in regular flour. I’m thinking of things like keto meal bars, or something.
rumschlumpel ( @ichmagrum@feddit.de ) English7•5 months agoSame would be true for pea protein powder, tho. Maybe cricket powder is actually cheaper than isolated legume protein, but legume protein seems like a much easier sale.
ECB ( @ECB@feddit.de ) English17•5 months agoEveryone here saying how awful this sounds, and I’m just sitting here excited to try a new food. I ate mealworms before and they were pretty good, so why not?
It’s certainly not what I’m used to but it’s definitely less weird than some common foods we typically eat like cheese (which I fucking love, but if you think about it its weird as shit!)
Fudoshin ️🏳️🌈 ( @Fudoshin@feddit.uk ) English2•5 months agoEver tried chocolate-covered ants? They’re lovely!
ECB ( @ECB@feddit.de ) English2•5 months agoI haven’t but it sounds like a winning combination
Obi ( @Obi@sopuli.xyz ) English1•5 months agoI’ll be honest I’m not really giddy at the idea of eating roasted beetles or anything like that, but if they can make it into hot dogs that taste the same as the other ones I really don’t care.
petrescatraian ( @petrescatraian@libranet.de ) 10•5 months ago@throws_lemy All far-righters on suicide watch
Alien Nathan Edward ( @reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ) English9•5 months agothe ideas that:
no one should have to eat bugs if they don’t want to
and
people who want to eat bugs should be able to get bugs easily
aren’t mutually exclusive.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“This is very big news for us,” said Cianni, whose main motive for the business initiative was to provide an alternative, sustainable protein source.
Since 2020, millions of crickets have been raised at the company’s plant in Montecassiano, a town in the central Marche region, where they are heat-treated before being frozen and ground into powder.
The EU approved the sale of insects – namely crickets, locusts and darkling beetle larvae – for human consumption in early 2023, sparking a flurry of proposed regulations from the Italian government, including one aimed at ensuring insects are kept away from traditional dishes such as pasta and pizza.
“It’s fundamental that these flours are not confused with food made in Italy,” said the agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida at the time.
However, by the time the regulations became official at the end of last year, the government had relented, instead imposing strict labelling rules, such as clearly stating the product’s origin and the requirement to use Acheta domesticus, the Latin for house cricket, on packets so as to make it a little less startling to the consumer.
“It’s good for the environment because the resources required to breed crickets and the spaces used are really small, and so emissions are almost zero,” said Cianni.
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arefx ( @arefx@lemmy.ml ) English3•5 months agoYall are excited for this but I’ll stick to wheat flour, thanks.
Auzy ( @Auzy@beehaw.org ) English2•5 months agoFlour basically has insects in it too anyway (which is why supermarkets need to rotate flour every few months on the shelves, despite it being long life). I’ve tried cricket chips, mealworms and such before, and honestly, you don’t even notice… It’s really just crunch
Yer Ma ( @JoMomma@lemm.ee ) English2•5 months agoIt’s not the future we wanted, but it is the future we deserve
Mopswasser ( @Mopswasser@feddit.de ) English2•5 months agoAbsolutely disgusting. Traditional foods for me.
alessergod ( @alessergod@reddthat.com ) English2•5 months ago tobi ( @DerTobi_NerdsWire_de@feddit.de ) English2•5 months ago✌️🍝🦗 Will ask my Italian mum, if we maybe could have some cricket lasagne. Jammi-jammi.
ebikefolder ( @ebikefolder@feddit.de ) English3•5 months agoMaybe some butterfly Farfalle first?