The status of insect food, does insect food have high nutritional value?

Insect food will be the third largest source of protein – insects.

There are more than 1 million species of insects in the world, and at the beginning of the 21st century, there were more than 3,650 species of insects known to be edible. Studies have found that almost every edible insect is rich in protein and is a miniature nutrient reservoir. For example, the protein content of bee dry body is as high as 81%, that of flies is 79%, that of crickets is 76%, that of butterflies is 71%, and that of termite dry matter is 80% protein and fat, and its caloric value is twice as high as that of beef.

Experts believe that insects are a protein resource that humans can rely on, not only because of their high protein content, but also because insects are the largest population in the animal kingdom, and biologists estimate that the total weight of insects in the world may exceed the weight of all other animals combined, and more than 10 times the weight of human biomass. Because, as the world's population grows larger and protein** becomes increasingly scarce, insects will be an important way to solve this problem. In fact, in some parts of southern Africa, 2 3 percent of the animal protein consumed by residents comes from insects.

According to experts, by the 21st century, insects will become the third largest category of protein after microorganisms and cell organisms, because insects have many species, large numbers, wide distribution, fast reproduction, high protein, low fat, low cholesterol, reasonable nutritional structure, less meat fiber, and easy to absorb, outstanding advantages, and better than plant protein, for the attention of countries around the world. According to Australia's "Daily Telegraph" on May 14, 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published a report on the 13th local time that there are more than 1,900 species of insects edible to humans in the world, and eating more insects is of great benefit to the body.

Fresh insects have a higher protein content, which is only lower than that of soybeans, beef and chicken, and higher than other foods, and contain nutrients needed by the human body to meet the needs of the human body.

At the same time, it was also found that insect active protein powder has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fatigue, anti-radiation, liver protection, and immunity enhancement. In the future, insect protein will become the mainstream health food for human beings.

The most common insects such as ants, bees, cockroaches, dung beetles, cicada shells, praying mantises, silkworms, flies, etc., can be used in medicine, as well as the most prized.

Cordyceps sinensis and so on. Cantharid: It has an inhibitory effect on the fungus, and can grow hair, which is the main ingredient of hair growth water, **tinea capitis, baldness.

Nine spice worms: It is suitable for neurological stomach pain, waist and knee pain, chest depression, chest stagnation pain due to mental unhappiness, etc., and is effective when taken with other strong drugs. Dung beetles:

If you can't defecate or defecate, use a dung beetle collected in the summer and dried in the shade, put it on the brick, dry it on all sides with ash fire, and cut it off when the waist. If the stool is blocked, use the upper interception; Unable to urinate. Use the lower section, the two are not passable, and use all.

Each study is the end, and the water is served. Cordyceps: It has a variety of effects such as regulating immune system function, anti-tumor, and anti-fatigue.

There are as many as 300 species of medicinal insects in China, and these are just the more common ones.

Cocoon pupa, locusts, cicadas (know), mealworms, bee pupae...

The crude protein content of edible insects is relatively high, generally 31% to 72% of their dry weight, which exceeds the protein content of general livestock, poultry and fish eggs. Edible insects also contain a variety of essential amino acids, such as threonine, valine, lysine, tryptophan, leucine, isoleucine, and so on.

Not all insects have high value, and some insect foods have the characteristics of high protein content, less protein fiber, easy absorption of nutrients by the human body, short reproductive generation, high reproductive index, suitable for factory production, and abundant resources, and become an ideal food resource to be developed. In fact, at the Fifth Latin American Congress of Nutritionists and Dietitians, it was proposed that in order to supplement the lack of human food, insects should be used as part of the food.

Insects have a high nutritional value, and their protein content is generally 30% to 72%, and the amino acid content exceeds the food nutrition content standard set by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In the case of ants, in addition to the protein content of beef (which is more than that of ants, chickens (fish), pork (and eggs) are not as good as it. As for the vitamin content, ants are among the best.

The protein content of insects is higher than that of beef, pork, chicken, and fish. For example, dried wasps contain about 81% protein, bees 43%, cicadas 72%, grasshoppers 70%, crickets 65%, rice locusts 60 08%, silkworm pupae 52 14%, fly maggots 60 88%, mealworms 63 19%, pintum spiny ants 64 50%, red-breasted spiny ants 58 60%, earthworms 72%;

High in essential amino acids: ants contain a variety of free acids, enzymes, vitamins, phosphorus esters, minerals, etc. Silkworm pupae contain a variety of essential amino acids;

It has health care functions: such as scorpions and cicadas have been used in medicine since ancient times. Scorpions have the functions of dispelling wind, antispasmodic, analgesic, and attacking poison, and are mainly used to treat convulsions, convulsions, rheumatism, etc., help to alleviate the aging process, and have a certain preventive and inhibitory effect on nervous system and cerebrovascular system diseases;

Growing faster than mammals, they often eat things that poultry can't digest: wood and manure, crickets convert plants into biomass five times faster than cattle;

High reproduction rate: a female can lay hundreds or thousands of eggs;

Fast product delivery: 26 mouths, 29 hours, 30 days or so on a generation;

Low input: an average of 3 2kg of feed, you can get lkg of insects;

Wide use: eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults can be used as food. The eggs can also reproduce parasitic wasps, control agricultural and forestry pests, and larvae can be used as insect species for professional households to reproduce and produce in large quantities; Adults can be viewed as specimens. It can be processed into high-grade soy sauce, canned food, wine, health drinks, etc.

Edible insects have many advantages, such as fast reproduction, less pollution, high protein, fat and mineral content, and relatively little feed required. Secondly. Many insects are rich in protein and calcium, iron, zinc, etc., and eating some insects can also help fight obesity.