Marcel Dicke
, a dutch entomologist who teach in Wageningen University, said during Ted talk (link above) that everyone is eating insect every day
, reaching up to 500 grams a year.
But, how is possible?
Well, we have to consider some facts about "normal" food we eat every day.
First of all, did you know that every food, before consumption, must meet certain requirements ? Not only for quality and freshness, but also in terms of presence of insects.
Take a look at the stats about the quantity of insects allowed
in food (Agency of food):
Chocolate
- 60 insects component / 100 grams
Peanut butter
- 30 insects part / 100 grams
Fruit juice in cans
- 5 fruitfly eggs and 1 - 2 larvae / 250 ml
Wheat flower
- 75 insects parts / 50 grams
Noodles
- 225 insects parts / 225 grams
What about surimi steaks,
pink
cookies
or.. Campari
? A lot of food products with red color are dyed with a natural dye, called Cochineal
, that is made from an insect that lives on cactus ( E120 remember you something?
) and it's very precious, about 30 € per gram
!
The real problem is getting used to eating insects because, as you see, you're already eating them.
Give a chance to edible insects.