Would you eat it? I did. • I went to Mexico 🇲🇽 recently and ate a cricket. I have to admit that it was not my favorite, but hey…we can’t YUCK someone else’s YUM, right?! • In many parts of the 🌎 (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) this is a delicacy. Not only that, adding insects 🐜🐛 to our food supply might just be the answer to our growing global populations need. • By 2050 our world will host 9️⃣ Billion people. To feed this many 🚻, current food production will need to almost DOUBLE. Insects are a highly nutritious food source with high fat, protein, vitamin, fiber and mineral content.¹ • While it might not be mainstream in the 🇺🇸 yet, insects are both sustainable and nutritious so keep an eye out for new foods made with ingredients like Cricket Protein flour. #NoshItFoodFacts _____ ¹ Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations ( @fao ). Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security. 2013 http://www.fao.org/3/i3253e/i3253e.pdf © Elieke Kearns, PhD, RD and Nosh.it Food Facts, 2021. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this content and/or photos without express and written permission from this site’s author is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Elieke Kearns, PhD, RD and Nosh.it Food Facts with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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