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What countries are the exporters or user of insects for human nutrition? - Bob the Builder - Sep 29, 2020
Which insect species are a popular foo?
There are more than 1900 edible insect species by which proteins are supplied by insects in broiler feed.
RE: What countries are the exporters or user of insects for human nutrition? - mike.vronsky - Sep 30, 2020
A report says 250 insect species in Africa, 549 in Mexico, 180 in China, and 160 in the Mekong area. Although Japan is not a tropical country, a number of insect species are popular food, in particular wasps.
RE: What countries are the exporters or user of insects for human nutrition? - jack sparrow - Jan 11, 2021
There are more than 1900 edible insect species and the most important ones are in the orders of Coleoptera(beetles), Lepidoptera (butterfly and moths), Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants), Orthoptera(grasshoppers and crickets), Isoptera (termites), Hemiptera (true bugs), and Homoptera (cicadas).
Reliable figures mention the consumption of 250 insect species in Africa, 549 in Mexico, 180 in China, and 160 in the Mekong area. Although Japan is not a tropical country, a number of insect species are popular food, in particular wasps.