Abstract
Entomophagy refers to the dietary intake of insects and supplements practiced by millions of people worldwide. It has always been present in the eating behaviours of regions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Entomophagy is on the rise both in the feeding of humans and in animal feed. Insects are powerful bio converters that can transform the low quality biomass of nature into proteins of high nutritional value. The recent introduction of the consumption of insects in new types of restaurants and supermarket chains in Western cultures has led us to conduct a review of the subject to see if the myths our Western conceptions can be overcome.
Highlights
The continuous increase in demand for all types of food, both meat and fish, vegetables, etc. for human consumption, the production of high-quality proteins from livestock, fish, poultry, eggs, and milk is not sufficient for an adequate supply
It is very interesting to study the diet of insects that are going to be used in human nutrition, to take care of their diet by providing them with nutrients rich in proteins and fats, they would make their nutritional value could be modified and their consumption would be more interesting, if their diet is adequate its use as food can be as acceptable as poultry, at least as far as nutritional value is concerned
Among the environmental advantages of the use of insects for food we find the ease that insects have for the conversion of food, since they are cold-blooded species
Summary
Sanchez-Mártín M1, San Miguel-Hernández A*1, San Miguel-Rodríguez M1, Pachon J2 and Cabrero-Lobato P2. Received Date: September 6, 2018 Accepted Date: May 21, 2019 Published Date: May 23, 2019
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