Edible Insects as a Healthy and Sustainable Strategy to Handle Protein Demand and Food Insecurity
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 689
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Interests: sustainability and neglected diseases; analytics; food chemistry; medicinal chemistry; rare tumors and emerging viruses
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Interests: antiviral compounds; novel foods; edible insects; nutraceuticals and functionalized foods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world's population is rapidly increasing, demanding novel sustainable and low-cost food sources. In this context, insects are a high-quality ingredient, supply proteins of more than 50% of their weight, and are abounding in unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) and minerals. Insect breeding appears to be a strategic and environmentally responsible option because it emits fewer greenhouse gases and does not pollute water. Furthermore, compared to conventional cattle, insects exhibit increased fertility and feed conversion efficiency and can be reared using agrifood by-products. Insects are also a fascinating source of naturally occurring bioactive compounds with antihypertensive, anticancer, antiobesity, and antioxidative properties.
This Special Issue of Foods will focus on advances in the field of edible insects, including the analysis of the nutritional components, the identification of bioactive compounds, or the functionalization of edible insects using agrifood by-products. We welcome the submission of papers focusing on consumer acceptance and the development of novel insect-based products.
Dr. Elena Dreassi
Dr. Annalaura Brai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- edible insects
- nutritional components
- identification of bioactive compounds
- functionalization of edible insects
- agrifood by-products
