Abstract
Insects provide a series of ecological services vital to human survival. Over 1000 insect species have been used for human consumption in Asia, Latin America, and Africa for more than 2000 years. Among them, the soybean hawkmoth, Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (CBT), is a traditional edible insect. CBT, known for its high nutritional value, is considered safe with a long consumption history in East Asia. The present review provides an overview of the rearing technology and utilization prospects of CBT. It has been extensively cultivated on live soybean plants under field and glasshouse conditions. However, an efficient rearing technology has not been reported. The mass production of CBT is still under investigation, and more advanced technology is required to develop high-quality food ingredients to meet consumer needs on a large scale. In addition, food derived from the soybean hawkmoth is prevalent in the farm product market. It is used as freeze-dried, fried, fresh meat, and canned meat. CBT-derived food, a potential dietary supplement used to retard aging in humans, would be a novel and emerging product in the food industry. The development of CBT-derived food will generate more economic and social value if the market demand can be met. This review will provide an insight into CBT mass production and its potential application in the food industry.
Highlights
Insects (Arthropoda: Insecta) are organisms that largely contribute to the biodiversity on Earth [1]
Rearing Protocols this review provides an overview of the rearing technology and utilization prospect of Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (CBT), a sustainable edible insect resource, further utilizing the sustainable resources
CBT is used as a novel food component, leading to the emergence of a new field of the food industry
Summary
Insects (Arthropoda: Insecta) are organisms that largely contribute to the biodiversity on Earth [1]. Japan, India, is and Korean portant raw material for the food industry, and CBT has received wide attention bean, pea,edible cowpea,insect velvet of bean, locust tree, and Chinese wistaria) mainly [17]. There is insect farming can offer a new sustainable food resource to meet the future food demand an urgent need to develop mass rearing technology to meet people’s demands. CBT rearing occurs mainly on family-operated farms, which impliesIn addition, insect farming can offer a new sustainable food resource to meet the future food its collection in crops. Meet huge demand, industrial farms are necoverwintering larvae are collected from soybean farmland in the spring and stored in rearing a essary for CBT cultivation and sustainable development [21].
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