Edible insects as future food:chances and challenges

作     者：Klaus W.Lange Yukiko Nakamura 

作者机构：Department of Eperimental PsychologrUniversity of RegensburgRegensburg.Gemmaory 

出 版 物：《Journal of Future Foods》 (未来食品学报(英文))

年 卷 期：2021年第1卷第1期

页      面：38-46页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0836[工学-生物工程] 0713[理学-生态学] 

主　　题：Edible insects Food security Environmenta1 sustainability Food Safety Consumer acceptance 

摘      要：The consumption of insects(entomophagy)has recently attracted global attention for health reasons as well as environmental and economic *** environmentally sustainable food security is currently one of the biggest global challenges.A wide range of edible insect species,with their high contents in protein,fat,minerals,vitamins and fiber,can play a significant role in addressing food *** of entomophagy include a high feed-conversion efficiency of insects and the rearing on organic side streams,adding value to waste and decreasing environmental *** to cattle raising,insects emit relatively few greenhouse gases and little ammonia and require significantly less land and *** nutritional quality of edible insects appears to be equivalent and sometimes superior to that of foods derived from birds and *** farming may offer a sustainable means of food *** edible insects are calorie dense and highly nutritious,their consumption has the potential to reduce famine *** presence of high-quality protein and various micronutrients as well as potential environmental and economic benefits render edible insects globally a major potential future ***,consumer acceptance remains a major obstacle to the adoption of insects as a food source in many Western countries.