Abstract

Worldwide, huge quantities of organic wastes are generated annually in the forest industry, but most of these wastes are discarded. Only a minor proportion is used, mainly for biofuel and secondarily for compost production. Simultaneously, demand for more and new food products is increasing due to rapid growth in the global population. In recent years, use of edible insects has been proposed as one promising solution to an upcoming food supply crisis. The rearing of insects for human food and livestock feed has some significant advantages, like high protein content, effective feed conversion rate, low greenhouse gas emissions and low water requirements. The aim of this review was to compile up-to-date information on rearing edible insects for food and feed and to investigate the potential use of forest biomass waste as a new substrate for insect rearing. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Edible insects; Forest biomass waste; Innovative food products; Insect mass production

Published in

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies
2017, Volume: 41, pages: 193-205
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU Authors

• Varelas, Vassileios

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Langton, Maud

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture


UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science
Wood Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2017.03.007

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/85460