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  • mealworms are on the menu in Europe, the yellow grubs have just become the first insect approved for human consumption by the European Food Safety Agency.

  • Rich in protein, fat and fiber, they could be used whole or dried in Curries or even as a flour to bake bread.

  • Food scientist um allows barbarous, thes kids passed up some liking based disease some energy bars but from other applications that we're currently evaluating, who have seen that there is an interest to use this kind of novel foods, uh, as ingredients in in a in a really big rains off off other food stuff, for example, we have seen it as an ingredient in in meat imitates in sausages, in drinks and beverages.

  • Despite the name, mealworms are actually beetle larvae rather than worms on there.

  • Already used in Europe as a pet food ingredient, experts expect them to be the first of many insects to appear on Europeans plates in the coming years.

  • Off course.

  • If in the future there is a different local food, produce produce using the nebula monitor the yellow Millward larva, as you know as a source, and there are like significant sense production process big differences regarding the proposed uses or the use levels then a different sectors has been may be needed.

  • But in this case, under the specific proposed use and use levels for this application, the panel has concluded that it's safe to consume this novel.

  • Food Europe has been relatively slow on the uptake of insect based foods, some sociologists say.

  • Europeans have a particularly strong yuck reflects at the thought of eating insects.

  • But people across much of the world, including parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand, are already enjoying tucking into insect bars, cricket burgers and even grilled scorpions.

  • Yeah, uh, DiCamillo's El Hassan ol Grigio is element, um, being doesn't know I park it in Alameda.

  • Alkon sawmill didn't taste like insects, tasted like tasted like croquettes based on life, potato and beer that's slightly nutty, spicy into it, which I believe is the insect God is.

  • A new experience is like when make some people they never eat a real sushi.

  • They like what the heck is like?

  • They're afraid.

  • They kind of like how we're gonna eat that like on.

mealworms are on the menu in Europe, the yellow grubs have just become the first insect approved for human consumption by the European Food Safety Agency.

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