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Bugs Are Food of The Future: UN Agency
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Bugs are food of the future: UN agency
By Ella Ide (AFP)–3 hours ago
ROME — Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their "disgust", the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday.
"The main message is really: 'Eat insects'", Eva Mueller, director of forest economics at the FAO, told a press conference in Rome.
"Insects are abundant and they are a valuable source of protein and minerals," she said.
"Two billion people -- a third of the world's population -- are already eating insects because they are delicious and nutritious," she said.
Also speaking at the press conference was Gabon Forestry Minister Gabriel Tchango who said: "Insect consumption is part of our daily life."
He said some insects -- like beetle larvae and grilled termites -- were considered delicacies.
"Insects contribute about 10 percent of animal protein consumed by the population," he said.
The report said insect farming was "one of the many ways to address food and feed insecurity".
"Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly, and they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environmental footprint," said the report, co-authored by the FAO and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
But the authors admitted that "consumer disgust remains one of the largest barriers to the adoption of insects as viable sources of protein in many Western countries".
Mueller said that brands such as yoghurt maker Danone and Italian alcoholic drinks maker Campari used dye from insects to colour their products.
It suggested that the food industry could help in "raising the status of insects" by including them in recipes and putting them on restaurant menus.
"Beetles, grasshoppers and other insects... are now showing up though on the menus of some restaurants in some European capitals," said Mueller, as she showed photo slides of crickets being used as decoration on top of high-end restaurant desserts.
The report also called for wider use of insects as feed for livestock, saying that poor regulation and under-investment currently meant it "cannot compete" with traditional sources of feed.
"The use of insects on a large scale as a feed ingredient is technically feasible, and established companies in various parts of the world are already leading the way," it added, highlighting in particular producers in China, South Africa, Spain and the United States.
"Insects can supplement traditional feed sources such as soy, maize, grains and fishmeal," it said, adding that the ones with most potential were larvae of the black soldier fly, the common housefly and the yellow mealworm.
The report also said the insects most commonly consumed by humans are beetles (31 percent), caterpillars (18 percent) and bees, wasps and ants (14 percent), followed by grasshoppers, locusts and crickets (13 percent).
The report said a total of 1,900 species of insects are consumed around the world.
It said trade in insects was thriving in cities such as Bangkok and Kinshasa and that a similar culture of insect consumption -- entomophagy -- should be established elsewhere, stressing that it was often cheaper to farm insects.
While beef has an iron content of 6.0 miligrams per 100 grams of dry weight, the iron content of locusts varies between 8.0 and and 20 miligrams per 100 grams, the report said.
It also said that insects require just two kilograms of feed to produce one kilogram of insect meat compared to a ratio of 8-to-1 for beef.
The report concluded: "History has shown that dietary patterns can change quickly, particularly in a globalised world. The rapid acceptance of raw fish in the form of sushi is a good example."
"Not everybody is ready to pop a bug in their mouth," Mueller said. "It will probably take a while. But some people are already doing it."
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Last edited by NIXAR on 14-5-2013 09:41 AM
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banyak-banyaklah makan semut, baru daya ingatan kuat |
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Gantikan hidangan nasi kpd hidangan anai anai....
Diet High protein agaknya....boleh kurangkan carb intake... |
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A woman prepares grubs to cook in the kitchen of Insects Inter in Bangkok on September 12, 2002 (AFP/File, Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)
mcm sedap je  |
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Pornchai Kittiwongsakul tu laman web porn ka?  |
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A restaurant in Mexico City serves up a grasshopper taco, on October 19, 2001 (AFP/File, Jorge Uzon) |
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NIXAR posted on 14-5-2013 09:42 AM 
A woman prepares grubs to cook in the kitchen of Insects Inter in Bangkok on September 12, 2002 ...
Nampak juicy.....
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sedia utk dimakan...
skrg dah naik rega..sekor rm0.60 |
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org putih dan yg sewaktu dgn shj yg rangka rangka mau makan benda mcm ini..... |
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leylapple posted on 14-5-2013 09:55 AM
sedia utk dimakan...
skrg dah naik rega..sekor rm0.60
mahainya. rasa mcm mana mende alah ni lepas bako?
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pegi la ke sarawak...rumah pak taib...makan ulat... |
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leylapple posted on 14-5-2013 10:11 AM
taste like chicken...only juicier...
ada yang buat goreng kicap dan ada yang makan raw..
gambaran rasa mcm sedap ler pulak. ade juai kat mana2 pasar di sarawak ke ni?
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NIXAR posted on 14-5-2013 10:42 AM
gambaran rasa mcm sedap ler pulak. ade juai kat mana2 pasar di sarawak ke ni?
ader..ko nk brapa?
ko nk yang salai ker ko nak yang hidup??
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leylapple posted on 14-5-2013 03:28 PM
ader..ko nk brapa?
ko nk yang salai ker ko nak yang hidup??
jap. yg salai ni buat mcm ikan masin tu eh? ada resipi tuk masak ke mkn cenggitu je? bleh pos ke? rega berapa? 
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cengkerik goreng berlada, marbeles  |
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NIXAR posted on 14-5-2013 03:30 PM
jap. yg salai ni buat mcm ikan masin tu eh? ada resipi tuk masak ke mkn cenggitu je? bleh pos ke? ...
klau potong2 siap lalu gak makan.... ni dok terbayang jus2 dlm tuh erkkkk 
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i loike... |
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dino posted on 14-5-2013 03:38 PM
klau potong2 siap lalu gak makan.... ni dok terbayang jus2 dlm tuh erkkkk
menurut kata @leyapple ianya sedap. jd bygkan sajalah mcm minum cendol gitu bang dino......
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NIXAR posted on 14-5-2013 03:30 PM
jap. yg salai ni buat mcm ikan masin tu eh? ada resipi tuk masak ke mkn cenggitu je? bleh pos ke? ...
mcm buat ikan salai la..bukan ikan masin...
takder particular resepi...ko blh masak sesuka hati...tapi ada yang gemar makan raw macam tu to preserve originality of the food itself kekdahnya...
tapi kalo aku takleh makan raw....rasa gatal kat tengkuk..
sebab kepala dia ada bulu2..
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Post time 14-5-2013 09:40 AM
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