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I’m still kind of puzzled about why you’d want to use something like this, instead of plant-based ingredients.

Though obviously it doesn’t make sense to completely outlaw it, either.

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  1. apparently extremely nutritious and high in protein

  2. But obviously creepy & disgusting and many people are NOT willing to intentionally eat this.

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Guess what else is nutritious and high in protein, but not creepy? Beans.

I’d rather just eat more beans than crickets.

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The whole eating insects idea is motivated by carbon emissions and similar concerns: insect meal is around 60-70% protein (beans are around 30%, maybe bean meal is more but I have never seen it anywhere), and its cost in terms of emissions and land use is much smaller than either meat or plants (especially stuff like soy). Nobody is arguing that it should replace beans. Rather, it could help diminish meat consumption.

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true but I think the-powers-that-be are trying to promote crickets as mainstream human food because crickets are less expensive and more effortlessly bio-available than beans are.

But don’t get me wrong, I’m totally on team “Crickets-Yuck!”

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Many people cannot digest beans and other legumes properly.

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I haven’t figured this out either, but my wild guess is the greater protein content over carbs in regular flour. I’m thinking of things like keto meal bars, or something.

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Same would be true for pea protein powder, tho. Maybe cricket powder is actually cheaper than isolated legume protein, but legume protein seems like a much easier sale.

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Yeah, fuck that.

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It’s actually planned as food ingridient. But hey, what ever floats your boat.

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Absolutely disgusting. Traditional foods for me.

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You flour already has bugs in it, FYI. There’s an acceptable amount of insect parts in all mass manufactured foods.

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Yeah and I regularly eat traces of e coli, what’s your point?

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I am all for this, eating insects is done in many cultures and a healthy source of nutrition. We westerners may see it as something intimidating at first, because we so squirmish about bugs, but I am honestly curious about the taste.

That being said, I don’t know why we need more nutritious flour. We are not lacking protein in our diets. Even vegans and vegetarians easily hit the minimum protein intake by consuming plant based protein…

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It is not only about hitting the limits. it is also about creating the right balance. It is a good way of getting protein intake, w.o. having carbohydrates alongside.

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Everyone here saying how awful this sounds, and I’m just sitting here excited to try a new food. I ate mealworms before and they were pretty good, so why not?

It’s certainly not what I’m used to but it’s definitely less weird than some common foods we typically eat like cheese (which I fucking love, but if you think about it its weird as shit!)

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Ever tried chocolate-covered ants? They’re lovely!

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I haven’t but it sounds like a winning combination

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