huh, on one hand I think this is extremely cool, I've actually thought about doing this, but on the other hand, this might actually worsen food safety and create more deceptive commodity that ends up on the market.

For example, creating a crab roll or something crab in it. The filament will taste like crab, the packaging will say it's crab, the filament will even look like crab would if it were processed, and the stuff inside will be organic, but instead of crab, it's made from bugs that have the same flavor profile as crab. Yes bugs are eaten in different cultures and are more carbon zero than live stock, but the point is that i could see bad actors doing this.

Another thing I could see going wrong is that this companies could do what they are already doing, add additives that are addicting to the food, encouraging an unhealthy life style. Not to mention drug dealers could start lacing these so that their clients/prey would be both fed and keep coming back for more. Which would put more emphasis on going organic...god I really hope grocery stores don't use that as an excuse to make organic food even more expensive.

On the bright side, if people want to go vegan, this would be a good gate way to do so.