Insects: an emerging protein source for animal feed | Rethink Sustainability

The world is continuously looking for alternative protein sources. The FT’s Paris Bureau Chief Victor Mallet discovers how insect protein is reinventing the food chain and alleviating pressure on feeding the animals that feed the world. His journey takes him to two French companies, one embracing vertical farming, while the other focuses on resourceful recycling.

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[jaseykat]

Do cicadas have Tropomyosin? I am allergic to shellfish and if they have this protein then I cannot eat them do to allergy. Finding this info on the web has been extremely difficult.

[kadenbane]

Why not just eat the insects yourself?

[waqasahmed]

This isn't recent. It's a decade or so old, however I believe it took them a fair while to get insectmeal approved, for the consumption of fish

[cliftt]

The trouble lies in them "improving" the insects.

[oakinwol]

The biggest issue in genetic engineering is actually not us consuming the plant or animal that was engineered, it's if that engineered plant or animal "escapes" what it does to wild ecosystems. It can basically be like releasing the terminator out there. So that's where people have to be very careful

[hulahula]

"You will own nothing, and you will be happy."

- WEF

[fabiobarbosa]

That's the future to feed animals.

[enochlomo-danyame]

Even chickens are letting their hair down this year