Insects As Food

It is a common practice to purchase and store flour in bulk quantities to save time and effort. However, improper storage of flour can lead to the development of lumps or the growth of insects such as worms, rendering it unsuitable for use.

Qatar has reaffirmed a religious ban on consuming insects in a move that comes after the European Union added new products to its list of approved foods.

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has approved mealworms as fit for consumption by humans. Here's all you need to know.

Mealworms may soon find their way into Europe's pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food.

A new startup is replacing milk in ice cream with EntoMilk, which is extracted from insects. The ice cream is protein-rich and environment friendly!

Given the harmful effect livestock farming poses for the planet, researchers have proposed plant-based diets, insect farming, lab-grown meat, and genetically modified animals as an alternative to livestock farming.

Fancy some crunchy toppings on your chilled summer favorites? How about some protein-rich fried crickets or ants?

Though slightly uncertain, Erin Kolski pronounced the unusual fare on her plate - a burger made from ground-up grasshoppers - to be surprisingly tasty. "It's a little crunchy. It tastes fine," Kolski said, sounding somewhat surprised as she favorably...

There was a time when they were considered as a delicacy, then they swarmed the streets as crowd pleasing snacks and today they are hogging the spotlight as the future of food but can insects feed the world?

How would you react if your neighbourhood restaurant serves you a menu that only lists cuisines prepared from caterpillars or termites? People would soon have no choice but to consume insects as it would be increasingly difficult to feed the burgeoning...

Two billion people already eat insects as part of their regular diet - bugs may not sound appealing, but once upon a time neither did sushi. Is it time to put ants, beetles and locusts on the menu?From the high windows of a warehouse in southern Spain...

Even as the country grapples with the death of 23 children in Bihar after being poisoned by the free lunch at their school, another such case has come to light in Amritsar.

As the global population rises and food prices do too, many scientists are looking for alternatives to traditional foodstuffs. Eating insectsTwo billion people around the world, primarily in south-east Asia and Africa, eat insects - locusts, grasshoppers,...

A festival next month in London aims to take the yuck factor out of eating bugs and promote the environmental benefits.Crunchy, full of protein and to be found under a rock near you. Insects have long been overlooked as food in all but a handful of places...

What can be termed as another disgraceful incident for the National Games organisers, an insect was allegedly found in the meal of volunteers in their dinning hall, adjacent to the Khel Gaon on Friday morning.

It is a common practice to purchase and store flour in bulk quantities to save time and effort. However, improper storage of flour can lead to the development of lumps or the growth of insects such as worms, rendering it unsuitable for use.

Qatar has reaffirmed a religious ban on consuming insects in a move that comes after the European Union added new products to its list of approved foods.

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has approved mealworms as fit for consumption by humans. Here's all you need to know.

Mealworms may soon find their way into Europe's pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food.

A new startup is replacing milk in ice cream with EntoMilk, which is extracted from insects. The ice cream is protein-rich and environment friendly!

Given the harmful effect livestock farming poses for the planet, researchers have proposed plant-based diets, insect farming, lab-grown meat, and genetically modified animals as an alternative to livestock farming.

Fancy some crunchy toppings on your chilled summer favorites? How about some protein-rich fried crickets or ants?

Though slightly uncertain, Erin Kolski pronounced the unusual fare on her plate - a burger made from ground-up grasshoppers - to be surprisingly tasty. "It's a little crunchy. It tastes fine," Kolski said, sounding somewhat surprised as she favorably...

There was a time when they were considered as a delicacy, then they swarmed the streets as crowd pleasing snacks and today they are hogging the spotlight as the future of food but can insects feed the world?

How would you react if your neighbourhood restaurant serves you a menu that only lists cuisines prepared from caterpillars or termites? People would soon have no choice but to consume insects as it would be increasingly difficult to feed the burgeoning...

Two billion people already eat insects as part of their regular diet - bugs may not sound appealing, but once upon a time neither did sushi. Is it time to put ants, beetles and locusts on the menu?From the high windows of a warehouse in southern Spain...

Even as the country grapples with the death of 23 children in Bihar after being poisoned by the free lunch at their school, another such case has come to light in Amritsar.

As the global population rises and food prices do too, many scientists are looking for alternatives to traditional foodstuffs. Eating insectsTwo billion people around the world, primarily in south-east Asia and Africa, eat insects - locusts, grasshoppers,...

A festival next month in London aims to take the yuck factor out of eating bugs and promote the environmental benefits.Crunchy, full of protein and to be found under a rock near you. Insects have long been overlooked as food in all but a handful of places...

What can be termed as another disgraceful incident for the National Games organisers, an insect was allegedly found in the meal of volunteers in their dinning hall, adjacent to the Khel Gaon on Friday morning.