{"id":58747,"date":"2020-09-02T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mealworms-show-great-promise-as-sustainable-food-source\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:25:00","slug":"mealworms-show-great-promise-as-sustainable-food-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mealworms-show-great-promise-as-sustainable-food-source\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mealworms show \u2018great promise\u2019 as sustainable food source"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mealworms show \u2018great promise\u2019 as sustainable food source<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By James Leggate, Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

September 2, 2020 |<\/span> 9:25am <\/p>\n

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\n Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in The Netherlands. <\/span>
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\n With the world\u2019s human population continuing to grow, there\u2019s a risk that food supplies could one day fall behind demand.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t worry, scientists have found a new slimy, wriggling source of protein: worms.<\/p>\n

The yellow mealworm \u201cshows great promise as an alternative source of animal protein,\u201d according to a research article published Monday in the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.<\/p>\n

The world population hit 7.7 billion last year and is expected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social<\/a> Affairs.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Indiana University\u2013Purdue University Indianapolis and insect company Beta Hatch Inc. found that the mealworms, which have been considered a pest in the past, can be used as food for animals and humans and that their waste makes a great organic fertilizer.<\/p>\n

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Edible mealworms are seen in Seoul, South Korea.<\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHuman populations are continuing to increase and the stress on protein production is increasing at an unsustainable rate, not even considering climate change,\u201d Christine Picard, an associate professor of biology at IUPUI who led the research, said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

Many animals already eat mealworms, according to Piccard. And it may not be much of a stretch for more animals including humans to add them into their diets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey could also be really useful in the pet food industry as an alternative protein source, chickens like insects \u2013 and maybe one day humans, too, because it\u2019s an alternative source of protein,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The researchers\u2019 findings will help companies like Beta Hatch using the mealworms\u2019 DNA to optimize their production.<\/p>\n

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I will leave you to enjoy the mealworms, I think I will stick to my pizza\/pasta diet for awhile longer\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonah (@jonahpaull09) September 1, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

There are some cultures where people already eat mealworms. But are you ready to try a mealworm burger, or maybe a pizza with pineapp<\/a>le and mealworms? Many people on Twitter were not enthusiastic about the idea.<\/p>\n

But others have apparently already been experimenting with mealworms as food. One joked that mealworms \u201care poorly named\u201d because it takes way too many to fill me up.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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