Europe spending millions to go eat Burger Bug

While many cultures, particularly in developing countries rely on insects to make up much of their diet, the very thought can make a nose-up-held by Westerners — bug eating is ratings Boost fodder for TV-Show gross-out reality, not a dinner at a five star restaurant. But, the EU aims to change the situation with a boost to entomophagy, the scientific name for eating insects.

Since raising livestock and take a tremendous toll on resources, environment and continually poses serious risks bacterial contamination spread with ethical dilemmas bug, then, apparently, are the antidote — a low-impact and very nutritious food source that is proving to be such a promising alternative to meat products which the UK Food Standards Agency will receive £ 2.65 million (4.2 million) of the European Commission to start promoting insects as part of a diet sana.

The funds will be distributed to research institutions able to provide the most effective platform for the promotion of insect protein as a reliable source, healthy and tasty food. Holland Wageningen University Professor Marcel Dicke, which is one of the researchers by applying the grant, said the Sunday Times that probably will begin with ground up insects in burgers and sauces, and by 2020 it will be buying insects in supermarkets. "

Unlike animals raised for food, many species of insects prefer dense over-crowding municipality on farms. Ounce for ounce, and profiles of nutrition are similar — if not better than meat — with a research study of grasshoppers that offers almost as much as protein such as lean meat minced, but with a third less fat. Insects would not require intense amounts of antibiotics or growth hormones are regularly fed to livestock and could even be raised live in restaurants rather than processed and transported around the globe.

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