1674147334 From chocolate to bread the house cricket becomes part of

From chocolate to bread: the house cricket becomes part of the diet

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From January 24th, the EU Commission will allow powdered house crickets as a new type of food – also in meat substitute products. In Italy, this triggers resistance. Criticisms also come from the FPÖ


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Vienna – Alternative foods are in fashion. Fried grasshoppers, for example, are no longer a rarity in Europe. House cricket powder Acheta domesticus can now be blended into various foods. The EU Commission has approved powdered house crickets as a novel food. This emerges from the Official Journal of the European Commission on 3 January.


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