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Oh no, I put all my money into minced fly larvae. I'm such a dumbie.

Can anyone explain to me how these “companies investing in bugs” posts are uplifting news?!?

I would not mind buying pet food that includes BSF powder. I have a compost bin that got invaded by them and I caught my dogs snacking on the larvae coming through a gap in the side. I was worried until I read up on them and it turns out they’re nutritious as heck.

The only thing that this uplifts is my last meal

Taking organic waste, and converting it to food and fertiliser is far better than our current protein production systems, not too mention the ability to farm in a far smaller footprint, less water and transport.

You could read the article and figure it out for yourself!

Here’s the just of it: “With our proprietary technology and biological know-how, our customers turn substantial losses on organic waste into highly attractive, additional income,” says founder and CEO Katharina Unger. “At the same time, our customers contribute massively to fixing the broken food system and therefore saving the planet.” She adds in a comment to TechCrunch, that the process takes around 11 days, at which point the larvae “will become half a ton of biomass plus half a ton of fertilizer.”

Cool can we feed the bugs to chickens and eat the chickens… cuz I’m not eat bugs

Trying hard to avoid the word "maggot", I see.

I worked in a citric acid plant. What was the source of citric acid? Corn syrup. It is easier to process than oranges or "citrus fruit". Chemically it is simply citric acid, no matter the source.

If the protein is nutritious and doesn't taste like bugs, why not? Your body doesn't care where the protein comes from. If it's used as protein powder then it's a very effective way of getting quality nutrition to people.

Nutrition is a big deal. People are starving or suffering from malnutrition. It's foolish and callous to discard healthy and nutritious food sources and insist that people should just die instead.

Again, I doubt that you'd be able to taste insects when you eat this the way that it's intended to be eaten (probably mixed into other food). Why make a fuss out of it?

About 6 billion people in developing countries will eat the chicken flavored bugs. You can have your real chicken. Win win.

Source: I worked in agricultural commodities for 3 years covering corn, soybean, sugar, and special ingredient markets; both for the US and internationally.

I also went to the world largest food show (the Anuga) in 2017, where bug protein was a featured ingredient in the future of food expo and continues to be as per the posted article.

You will eat ze bugs and be happy

It's not. This is dystopian and depressing. I came here to see the opposite of this sort of thing.

No matter how fancy the technology, it's still rich people trying to make poor people eat bugs. Goodness knows the rich aren't going to eat this stuff.