Why companies are mass-producing edible insects

Around the world, two billion people eat insects regularly. In the US and Europe? Not so much. But, some entrepreneurs think it’s time. We take a tour of the startup cricket farms trying to kickstart a new industry, and sample some insect snacks ourselves.
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[@VergeScience]

Which insects do you think would taste the best?

[@supernovatube1]

ants are spicy bois

[@TECHAK]

*Dear verge science you broke* *the promice to upload video on* *tuesday every week.* *please upload you videos on Tuesday weekly i am waiting for you videos for a month and it now* *I really like your videos*

[@patrickblanchette4337]

Termite queens.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

I've heard that honey roasted crickets are really quite nice

[@Porco1984]

Fried meal worms .. they puff up and get really crunchy (like pork rinds) ;)

[@tzwacdastag8223]

The new definition of KFC: Kentucky Fried Cricket

[@tzwacdastag8223]

Ewwwwwwwwww......Nauuuuuuuuuuuu

[@tzwacdastag8223]

Ew........Evaw

[@shahamtindo]

Hahaha

[@Deathmastertx]

ngl that kinda sounds good.

[@NathanDavisVideos]

😂😂🤣

[@ramgladore]

I ain't gonna eat bugs. Especially when the people pushing for it will reserve steak and chicken for themselves.

[@philyeary8809]

They dance around this to mock us. Cut their mocking tongues out.

[@catmamma79]

Exactly

[@peterhoffmann2231]

this guy gets it. we have no food shortage. not even close. its just not distributed properly.

[@ramgladore]

@@peterhoffmann2231 actually it's not the shortage that's the problem but the Dutch farmers are protesting the closing of 1/3 of their farms by their government in order to combat climate change. And people like Klaus Schwab as well as the WEF are pushing for people to adopt the consumption of bugs instead of meat.

[@ubermensch8111]

Except they have all the money and they run all the media and they set all the prices so it’s not going to be like hey stop eating meat eat these crickets. It will be I can’t afford meat what else is there, cricket burgers but it’s not called cricket burger it’s called something non descriptive like “beyond meat” mixed in with media coverage saying how guilty we should feel for eating meat, killers! Just as bad as racists and within a few generations it’s normal and no one would even think of eating meat except for the rich of course.

[@grimm8786]

I'm pretty sure the people promoting this don't consume it

[@bocelott]

Yeah we'll eat bugs when Elon and Bill and Klaus do.

[@timcreations8059]

You are probably right but I would still eat insects. I want beef too though.

[@frederickpurcell3925]

@@bocelott Its called Neo feudalism my friend

[@ABEL19712]

@@timcreations8059 yes and you will probably contract cancer at some point don't eat the bugs they're not meant for humans they contain tritons how many times do people have to be told this!

[@kingrobotnik6950]

@@timcreations8059 why would you eat bugs dude? You’re a human ain’t ya? Have some dignity. To share a species with people like this 😒

[@d-dawg3568]

You will eat the bugs, You will live in a pod, You will be serialized, Foul Peasants

[@sidegrabsheriff]

if ye dont want that future bud ye best pick up an axe and spread the word

[@AMMAZZARE]

No. We’re going to eat the elite.

[@richardjames1751]

This is some dystopian nightmare stuff right here…

[@Someone-hd2vu]

Und you vill be happy.

[@dead.byjawn4866]

I don't know if liberals really think it's going to happen or they just hate conservatives so much that they wouldn't mind it happening.

[@RetroAlchemy]

Disney is totally missing out on marketing "Timon and Pumbaa" bug and grub snacks.

[@jackyzhu9761]

RetroAlchemy, tell Disney to sell bug and grub snacks at Disneyland and Disneyworld. Really gets 'em to eat bugs.

[@theMadZakuPilot]

AHH the nostalgia

[@user-mh6pz8rq9d]

Disney is a chinese bootlicker

[@H8nji]

Oscar Nuñez that’d be hard since Lion King is Disney’s intellectual property.

[@akshit133]

U never know maybe it's all according to the plan.

[@user-il3mv9ft2c]

When asians eat insects: Oops their societies and living standards are so ancient When westerns making insects company: We are organic we are making future meal.

[@blake3474]

Thats a bit true

[@user-ox6lw6zz5r]

No western wants to eat cockroaches

[@optimisticnihilist3417]

Nah, most of us who are paying attention are fucking repulsed by this idea. This is one step away from soylent green.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

When Africans eat insects: Wow look at that African starving. When Pacific Islanders eat insects: Hey look at that fat native guy eating dried fish. When Muslims eat insects: Haha religion of peace, more like religion of oppression. We live in a society 😔✊

[@thebush6077]

I refuse

[@shannonxpennywise]

Klaus Schwab would be pleased. I'm not eating any bugs!

[@peterhoffmann2231]

you WILL eat ze bugs ✋ AUF DER HEIDE BLÜHT EIN KLEINES BLÜÜMELEIN!!

[@shannonxpennywise]

@@peterhoffmann2231 Hell no!

[@ubermensch8111]

“OH U VIL” and then the next holier than thou generation comes along looking at you with your meat substitute burgers thinking your disgusting and evil, they want to prove how much better they are so the demand comes in price of bug based foods skyrocket and you’re in the supermarket with a bag of Tesco home brand cricket chips for £4.45 in one hand and a bag of McCains cricket chips for £8 in the other thinking “I’ll give these cheap ones a go seen as they’re my only two options and I’ve bills coming out my ears” Next it will be “bugs have feelings…eat bug poo! it’s packed with twice as many nutrients”

[@shannonxpennywise]

@@ubermensch8111 😂💀

[@frederickpurcell3925]

@@shannonxpennywise He won,t the bud himself or have a cold shower i have cold showers and eat likea normal person of course all the produce i consume is organic

[@Greenhorn.]

Eat the bugs, live in the pods, own nothing. Shut up and work

[@QUANT_PAPA]

diss only works when the mass accept it

[@mullythebully5557]

@Anti Globalist Action yeah people always rave about 1984 but brave new world is more relevant. More subtle, a sea of lies and bs to covert the truth and peoplr controled not so much through fear but through pleasure

[@mohnjarx7801]

@Anti Globalist Action he didn't predict it, he had inside info, like Alex has

[@_Iscream]

What a small, pathetic worldview. Also incredibly disrespectful to cultures that already practice entomophagy.

[@Miami1991]

@@_Iscream anime profile pic detected opinion discarded dont care didnt ask

[@Kram1032]

"They look like little crickets. 'cause they are."

[@BHNative]

hahahah I laughed at that too but I understand what she meant. I think people would have an easier time normalizing it in their heads if the crickets didn't look like crickets. Like just using them for their nutritional value but with a different look.

[@Kram1032]

Yeah, I know, still hilarious :D There's other attempts though. Such as cricket flour. Which, afaik, you can literally use as flour.

[@BHNative]

@@Kram1032 yeah, I read another comment talking about that. Pretty cool!

[@noirling1]

@@BHNative They need to grind them up and add them to the BK whopper made from plants. Would that even be Vegan?

[@BHNative]

@@noirling1 did you quote the right person? What's the relation between your comment and these replies?

[@Greg-sk4ir]

everything is fun until monsanto starts growing cow sized crickets

[@dontignorewatchme5851]

lit

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

Everybody gangsta till Monsanto makes the cow sized cricket.

[@fakedoctor7527]

Lmao

[@Chris47368]

A cat or dog sized cricket might make for an awesome pet

[@Chris47368]

@Don Duke crickets more flee from perceived danger rather than actively trying to fight back....besides their mandibles are fit for plant not flesh...from all the crickets i caught as a kid not one tried to bite me. Crickets are pretty chill insects.All that assuming you could physically get insects to that size and have them survive.

[@alexfrank5331]

"Sure it's efficient, but is it humane?" asks the insect cruelty activist from the future

[@thewholesomewoofle3466]

Shaun Frank lol

[@DavidCardone]

4:05 look at those poor crickets crawling all over each other, gasping for air, terrified and abused. If you support the cricket Holocaust you're evil.

[@gabrielandy9272]

the thing about this is that theres no difference about this and the others atleast i don't see, im not activist... but the problem is even worse, Even a "Plant" is alive it may not feel pain but its "alive" so all this cruelty thing don't make much sense.

[@Beastpig41]

there's also gonna be robot suffrage

[@guilhermebittencourt1770]

@@gabrielandy9272 We aim to avoid suffering, that's all. Do insects suffer? We don't know yet, but probably not.

[@cinemint]

You will eat the bugs and you will like it. - rich billionaires who feast on beef

[@optimisticnihilist3417]

"My lord, the people are at the gates. They say they will toil no longer without food." "Let them eat bugs"

[@KA-vs7nl]

Optimistic Nihilist let them eat bugs, those useless eaters

[@governmentcontractor765]

TBH I don’t give af, I’m not eating insects.

[@wfraffle]

Actually, bugs would be more cost effective. So “let them eat meat” would be more like the let them eat cake situation.

[@loomnatinoscopers]

@@governmentcontractor765 you are already eating insect produce, why not the insect itself ofcourse not standalone as it should be seen as an ingredient and be prepared with other things in meals so you bareley to not notice it

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

PeOplE ?!? Who let humans into the factory ? Have the Security Drones remove them...

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

Health Inspector: I found a few crickets in your refrigerator. I'm shutting you down. Chef: Of course you found it, those are our main ingredients!

[@phantomderp834]

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY. Never eat the bugs.

[@everythingisalie5320]

Only a slave will be happy being tortured.

[@steelhead1214]

It would be natural for lizards to come up with insects as an idea for food source.

[@rinastorm566]

Disgusting

[@cahns5025]

wonka esque future, ye just like snow pierce

[@Journeytocrhist]

I agree.

[@turboterps]

Who wants to live in a smart city, live in a pod, be connected to VR, AI, and get injected with your daily dose of anti depressants?

[@Xeej0]

hippies be like sign me up

[@strangelee4400]

Don't say it like that! I'm tempted now. (we all know it will be worse than that..a lot worse).

[@IlanaFiske]

you forget the be happy part!! and the fact you won't own the pod :(

[@madjoe8622]

leftists?

[@1010xxx33]

If I will be happy then I'm game

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

"Crickets dying by hundreds of thousands" Ants fighting wars - "hold my honehdew"

[@TradeGod]

😂😂😂

[@thunderbird7936]

Love it😂

[@cosuinofdeath]

The Great War

[@loomnatinoscopers]

@@koenigsforst_ who doesnt?

[@arnbrandy]

@@koenigsforst_ if you did like Kurzgesagt video on it, you may really like the "Empire of Desert Ants" from BBC. Here is a link to a snippet in the middle (because I don't want to spoil the end :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o37WgoKofs2md5o

[@tzwacdastag8223]

Remember when Lobsters was regarded as insects and now many cant afford it

[@Unidentifying]

the thing is lobsters and crabs actually have meat, insects are just goo unless you fry them to fuck, where they just become a little snack..

[@tzwacdastag8223]

@Adymn Sani What sweet

[@Freedom-ds3yu]

actually insects are more expensive than lobster if you compare at the shop

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@Freedom-ds3yu yeh, price often goes unnoticed because they're sold in such small quantities, but they sell for around $100 per kilo!

[@1jediwitch]

*Crustaceans are underwater insects.* 🐞🐝🐜🐛

[@coolmanboss5]

2019: “The meat industry is immoral” 2050: “The insect industry is immoral”

[@guilhermebittencourt1770]

As owning slaves was normal once...

[@redcowcat8705]

It is.

[@danilov114]

2100: How dare you to exist on this mortal plane!

[@adityapatil325]

Morality is subjective, but I think most would agree that farming insects is much better than farming animals, especially from environmental PoV

[@pairyhussy9678]

@@adityapatil325 Enjoy your insects. I'll stick to eating real meat.

[@Acelustrous]

people in 2050:starts eating insects Bear Grylls: they called me a mad man

[@thefirstsin]

Wtf

[@silencedmaxim5889]

mad lad* would be more appropriate

[@theforgeryttv6449]

Next up, drinking pee to save water during droughts.

[@Raysmobileonsite]

Slugs are not bugs. They're mollusks like octopus, squid, clams. So "slug soup" just sounds like something you'd find in France to me.

[@muriloc.5774]

What's wrong honey? You didn't even touch your cockroach soup

[@krusadooriental3348]

I WILL NOT EAT BUGS I HATE THE ANTICHRIST

[@gustafa2170]

I will eat Klaus Schwab first before this.

[@neoxenoz3262]

Imagine going to McDonald's and instead of fries they have fried crickets.

[@crackedemerald4930]

McCrickets

[@blake3474]

Sounds way better tbh

[@bestintentions6089]

No!

[@greenbird2672]

@@blake3474 I don't know what cave you live in, but, as a 21st century man, I prefer food that's real and likeable.

[@blake3474]

@@greenbird2672 😅 crickets are very real food. Probably better for us that fries filled with preservatives and whatever else. I've never had crickets but I'm open to try them and considering most of the world eats bugs I think it's just America and England that are the weird ones. I'm from the u.s. and idk I just don't see to many happy people these days. Everyone's so God damn depressed with their poor lifestyles and eating habits

[@Zantetsukens]

I've seen other documentaries focusing on selling insects as feed for chickens and ducks. That sounds like a more viable path.

[@philyeary8809]

It is.

[@HarpazoReady2022]

Chickens can digest the chitin found in crickets, but humans cannot. Undigested chitin collects in the human body and creates cancer. Cancer feeds off of it. Crickets are a horrible idea to eat. They’re in the shellfish family and people allergic to that are in for a big surprise.

[@iramaenju1357]

There is energy being lost as every inch u move up the food chain

[@LegalEye--]

It may be turned into a protein powder and added to flour.

[@texavery5695]

Oh man, we are on the way to the pods. My question is, will they weigh them out by the oz or will they go by volume? Will we have vouchers or have to hunt wild bugs?

[@AMMAZZARE]

You’re going to just let them put you in the pod? Weak. I’ll eat a Schwab steak or two before I allow them to take me.

[@uncletedsplaylists8201]

Its about making them more profit and nothing else. If you haven't started growing your own food yet what are you waiting for? Stop financing these people!

[@findmestudios]

What are the pods?

[@uncletedsplaylists8201]

@@findmestudios i think its the podshare communal housing people will be forced into many stacked like a morgue. Billy G is on to the luxury version with his smart cities ... both are just eco prisons complete with surveillance.

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

@@findmestudios your new 2m^2 home!

[@MrKitt7974]

3030 : chicken sized crickets growing farm all around the world 2031 : McDonald latest menu “Spice McCricket drumstick” 🍗

[@boonekeller5275]

I’d like to see a Fallout creature that’s just a large cricket cow

[@boonekeller5275]

Oh, ok, of you make it, may you tell me when you’re done?

[@boonekeller5275]

Thanks man!

[@indeepjable]

Time To Wait

[@crackedemerald4930]

Will they moo or cricket?

[@nekoyamaanna3798]

Mass Debater m8 its been 4 days

[@bassemb]

9:32 You missed a chance to say "she doesn't aspire to be Aspire."

[@AkshayKumar-rz5gp]

Was trying to find you !!

[@PythonPlusPlus]

Before: Locusts eat our food After: We eat the Locusts

[@brandonnaylor2735]

AT LAST WE WILL REVEAL OURSELVES TO THE CRICKETS. AT LAST WE WILL HAVE REVENGE.

[@arandomguywithagreenprofil5075]

Modern problems need modern solution

[@vacuousbard6410]

In thailand, we do that. That's why locust swarms are less of a problem here.

[@danilov114]

You just need to eat them before they go swam-mode

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

Uhm, aktchually, locusts are grass hoppers, which, while related to crickets, are not crickets themselves

[@nf3922]

"Eat za bugs"

[@akshit133]

Snowpiercer becoming a reality sort off.

[@julianchristensen6895]

I was just thinking that!!! 😂

[@shibuyasnobody9279]

For being a "sustainable" food source, They're too damn expensive. A 70 calorie pouch of crickets goes for about 3$, 70 calories of chicken goes for about 50 cents maybe even less.

[@noisycarlos]

Yeah, prices should come down as the scale goes up and they refine methods, maybe even get some competition. Chickens have been scaled up over a much longer period of time so they're much cheaper.

[@lilaclizard4504]

This is why that fully automated system looks really promising :) They're just too small to be viable to hand process for reasonable costs

[@kevinwu688]

We're based in Malaysia and working to drive costs down. We're able to reduce costs by not paying for expensive energy bills to heat up our farm! Check out our online store www.ento.my

[@worldofdoom995]

I imagine as the industry evolves and the market for it grows costs will lower.

[@liberval9425]

That's how economics works.

[@psyxypher3881]

Anyone who supports this madness should be ashamed.

[@philyeary8809]

Or jailed.

[@amanda-ht7yy]

THAT PART 👍👍

[@mochimitsu7]

Essentially millions of people around the globe whose main diets involve insects, like in Asia, the Americas and Africa? I'm not ashamed of my culture, mind you. You should be, for being an ignorant.

[@miosz9007]

Honestly there are two major problems with insects as food. First all insects I tried were rather bland and usually deep fried, which ruins the taste and health aspects. And then these insect products are stunningly expensive. I can understand the price of Wagyu Beef, but I can't comprehend the price of farmed insects.

[@sheldonhagerman6324]

The price will drop with mass production

[@jamesabestos2800]

@sheldonhagerman6324 Sus

[@Johnarchiebald]

That’s because the cost of making sure something that lays eggs in dog poop and lives in a sewer isn’t going to kill You is high. This is not about health, the enviorment, it’s about control

[@mochimitsu7]

​@@Johnarchiebaldlmfao you watch too many dystopian shows to think that lmfao

[@Johnarchiebald]

@@mochimitsu7 “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”

[@rbca7700]

Now I won’t be able to say “hey, there’s a cockroach in my food!” Now it’s part of the meal...

[@someoneprice2371]

RBCA7 they are talking bout crickets dumdumn

[@rdizzy1]

@@someoneprice2371 They are breeding large species of roaches for protein powders as well, just not these specific few companies.

[@rdizzy1]

You can say "What the fuck, there is a chicken in my plate of roaches".

[@marvalice3455]

@@someoneprice2371 in this one yes but only a handful of the thousands of roach species are pests, and some seem like good candidates for food

[@OldNavajoTricks]

There's a surcharge for it, shoulda kept your yap clapped...

[@JoJoSandman]

This is like that post apocalyptic movie that takes place on a giant train that in an extreme ice age where the poor were fed protein bars made of cockroaches.

[@davencio5489]

snowpiercer

[@XavierbTM1221]

so you get your scientific and sustainable prospects from hollywood?

[@disabledspoon5752]

Benjamin Thomas kzbin.info/www/bejne/jF7CgGqkoZV8n5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/jF7CgGqkoZV8n5I

[@jackhazardous4008]

@@XavierbTM1221 no, just our dystopia

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Jomisa You do know Asians pacific islanders and Arabians and Africans and natives americans have been eating insects for thousands of years.

[@claytonb6717]

You will leave the beef for the rich and eat bugs instead.

[@gavinchristiantoro]

Snowpiercer scenario. Predictive programming to make us accept this type of food.

[@someguywithabirdface2583]

Bruh people already eat bugs before

[@wegfarir1963]

@@someguywithabirdface2583 Not us.

[@damnitman187]

We're almost to that point

[@the-letter_s]

@@someguywithabirdface2583 when OP says "us", he means his cultural group. the people you're referring to are not of his cultural group. trying to force what one group does onto another usually causes wars.

[@brothercactus1]

@@someguywithabirdface2583 yes but do you want to eat bugs?

[@rogerwalter2500]

Straight out of "Snow Piercer" movie

[@MafiosoDon21]

I remember that movie

[@optimisticnihilist3417]

And just like in Snowpiercer, the bugs are to be fed to the proles, while the wealthy hypocrites who are pushing this "eat the bugs" trend will continue to eat their steak and salmon, and laugh at the poor fools they are humiliating.

[@HimanshuSingh-qj6te]

Dark Brown Proteinbar??

[@rogerwalter2500]

@@HimanshuSingh-qj6te correct

[@theduke6174]

You beat me to it bitch

[@kalipiana3880]

"YOU VILL EAT ZEE BUGZ !!!"

[@The_Mister_E]

I WILL NOT LIVE IN THE POD. I WILL NOT HAVE NOTHING TO MY NAME. I WILL NOT EAT THE BUGS.

[@elyksteeley1181]

We NEED to eat the bugs in order to save the planet. Klaus Schwab says so

[@socialdistancejusticewarri8533]

You'll eat bugs while Klaus and his globalist elite friends will dine on steak, lobster and champagne.

[@noahliasam7407]

Ofc not, it will damage the ecosystem even more. Instects are meant for animals like birds that eat them, we don't and never will

[@def6420]

You will own nothing You will eat ze bugs You will be happy -World Bank

[@doom1894]

Better than You will be Consumer You will eat the steroid feed beef You will be dull Don’t you think?

[@stronkgermanium5198]

You WILL be happy

[@susanwagner1312]

Hard pass

[@CalebAble]

If bugs are cheaper to produce, how come it's way more expensive than regular meat?

[@XavierbTM1221]

scale

[@illegalalien6542]

Because it's a new age fad that's why. Just like fidget spinners and cronuts

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

quit bugging my friends

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Man, some people in this comment section really need to learn economics a little.

[@philyeary8809]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 from the WEF? Lmfao

[@garyandsandrahamlin872]

I’m glad I own a cattle farm and lots of assault rifles.

[@wegfarir1963]

Care to share? Sharing is caring!

[@garyandsandrahamlin872]

@@wegfarir1963 cow-calf operation in ky. Ar-15, sks, .308.

[@wegfarir1963]

​@@garyandsandrahamlin872 Based. Jab or no jab?

[@garyandsandrahamlin872]

@@wegfarir1963 I don’t know what that means

[@timcreations8059]

I want beef and crickets.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

I don't know if I want the future if insect are what we are going to eat.

[@aniketupadhyay]

WHAT'S NEXT, SOYLENT GREEN?

[@davidearl-graef4287]

Soylent green with a tumor burger grown in a Bill Gates lab.

[@elyksteeley1181]

The NYT just did an article the other day on why westerners should be more open to the idea of cannibalism. This is how they're preparing us for food shortages and famines.

[@myawsomebox]

@@elyksteeley1181 I don't know about you, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over cooking up the staff of the NYT for dinner.

[@timcreations8059]

No cannibalism.

[@Kai-tn4yx]

@@elyksteeley1181 No it did not.

[@junechevalier]

The time has finally come folks, now I could admit that I used to eat raw grasshoppers when I was 10

[@imluvinyourmum]

Very lucky you didn't get a parasite, kid died in Australia when he ate a slug as a dare, parasite took over his brain and he was mumbling random stuff.

[@junechevalier]

@@imluvinyourmum Yeah I guess I was lol luck has a big role in wilderness apparently

[@stygian8049]

@@imluvinyourmum just the word "Australia" is already enough for me

[@ramirezlloydmarkc.8448]

@@imluvinyourmum Australia is full of dangerous animals though

[@imluvinyourmum]

Correction, Australia is full of tourists*. The animals are actually chill from evolving on the island without external predators, tourists think it's a zoo tho. I feel far more uneasy hunting with family in the US knowing huge bears are around and sometimes wolves, if one is hangry stalking and decides to charge a loner you might have 10 seconds to react.

[@brandonlesko3126]

This is appalling. I'm from PETI, People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects. Insects are conscious beings and deserve respect. We need to find a new future food source.

[@draco_1876]

Lmao stfu. Farm animals are the best

[@TheSupremeEmperor]

I propose a better solution : humans.

[@dickrichard5579]

Lol. WHAT?!

[@dickrichard5579]

@@TheSupremeEmperor you first

[@jerryseinfeld1345]

We'll eat the liberals and save America from more having to eat cricket powder. A win for all.

[@Toven_WaveWatcherFi]

And you will be happy.

[@LowAltMotorsports]

I'm so excited to see PETA come out in 20 years and tell everyone it's unethical to eat crickets

[@pepepepinazo9694]

I really hope they aren't around by that time

[@broadcastbard]

Having eaten cricket and used cricket flour I would like to see selective breeding to reduce the intensity of the "nuttyness". Crickets have a musky taste that seasoning alone doesn't quite remedy.

[@2236572IR]

That and they give me gas

[@lilaclizard4504]

good thinking :) I get so sick of naysayers just dismissing the idea, nice to see someone with positive contributions on the topic! I think getting the price down is the first key that needs addressing, but Inspire looks like they're on the right track for that/probably have that under control now, at least if others can match them, therefore not giving them a monopoly, so then selective breeding would be a great next step! Part of the flavour issue can probably already be addressed with experimenting with diet too, since it has so much influence over the final taste. Lots of potential for development :)

[@kevinwu688]

​@@lilaclizard4504 We are based in Malaysia (warm and humid all year round) and our goal is to drive down prices to make it mainstream for all! Check out our online store www.ento.my

[@idontknowman420]

It might be hard though because you need to eat them first xD Yes, I know that you don't need to eat them, calm down.

[@joshriver75]

@@lilaclizard4504 I suppose just getting more people to eat them is the first and biggest hurdle to overcome.

[@Debbie1225]

I have been hearing about this for the last year and a half. I had no idea that this was planned for a long time already. I'm not eating any bugs or drinking cockroach milk!!!!!

[@_Iscream]

Go to Mexico. Might change your mind.

[@LegalEye--]

It will likely be added as an additional "organic protein" to our flour. We won't even know it's in there. We will also own nothing and be 😁 happy about it, from what I understand.

[@themarinefan]

Travel to mexico, india, bangcock, or vietnam. You'll find some bugs that are pretty tasty. I have no problem eating insects. The only reason you won't is just psychological conditioning from western media to make you more repulsed by insects so you won't go an eat them as an alternative to the beef and poultry industry. Its all in your head, its no different from eating other animals. Infact its better as these animals have no concept of emotional suffering like mammals and birds do. So it's cruelty free.

[@epicrobloxgamer1995]

You vill eat ze bugs And you vill... Be happy :D

[@Enthalpy--]

I vill eat ze Klaus Schwab before eating ze bugs.

[@Enthalpy--]

@Peter R Larry Fink as well

[@tobiascibira]

They could also be used as extra food source in space, the only kind of meat that you could grow on mars.

[@denzelhorton3280]

That’s genius

[@n.g5855]

Insects are more shell than meat, bud. Try small radioactive rocks.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

wrong. you can grow fish on Mars.

[@n.g5855]

@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 Can't tell if your joking but even if the caps melted, it'd be too radioactive for fish to live there.

[@augustovasconcellos7173]

@@n.g5855 He's talking about growing fish inside of pressurized (and radiation-proof) habitats, which will be what astronauts will probably do considering they'll already need big water tanks for hydroponic plantations (remember, Mars soil is poisonous).

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

Everybody gangsta till Monsanto makes the cow sized cricket.

[@dgyh3372]

😂😂😂

[@legoyoda2773]

It would ruin the efficiency

[@davidl2496]

@@legoyoda2773 it's a joke

[@someguy2135]

That's when Science Fiction becomes a documentary.

[@samaisrinivasan9030]

Copied

[@RotneybotOfficial]

The 1%: *laughs as they bite into marbled steak while they watch you eat bugs*

[@illegalalien6542]

Exactly.

[@_Not_Retarded]

@@elleryhorton8434 Not if they're assassinated

[@carmelitagood8193]

That has got to be their plan!

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

There is nothing more beautiful than a piece of steak on a table haha i will be laughing.

[@cumscum]

Eat the 1% instead

[@generalsaurkraut3227]

Eat ze bugs, live in ze pod

[@chiefers982]

“ Every now and then you’ll hear a cricket hit puberty” Nah I don’t think I’ve ever heard that before.

[@Dudndbdjdn]

You will

[@Enthalpy--]

@@Dudndbdjdn You vill

[@Dudndbdjdn]

@@Enthalpy-- i have no idea why I wrote that

[@jimmy21584]

I taste-tested some Buffalo Worm patties I found in the supermarket bargain bin this week, and I found them underwhelming. it made me wonder who exactly this was for. From a nutrition, taste, vegetarian/vegan, and environmental perspective, you may as well just eat whatever the insects are eating.

[@phantomsoldier497]

It doesn't really work like that. If you grew reptiles you know what nutrients insects have and what gutloading is for insects.

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

@@phantomsoldier497 we are not talking about reptiles

[@phantomsoldier497]

@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. do you think reptiles are that different from mammals from a metabolic standpoint? You eat beef but cows eat mostly grass so you could eat grass, right?

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

@@phantomsoldier497 No.

[@kingrobotnik6950]

@@phantomsoldier497 reptiles are far different from us. PLEASE, don’t disrespect our species with that kind of nonsense…

[@YoutubeIsAwesome]

You WILL eat the bugs, and YOU WILL LIKE IT, OR ELSE.

[@pepegacrazy7905]

You can't have both things, those being overpopulation and access to meat for everyone. We'll have to compromise one of them, simple maths.

[@YoutubeIsAwesome]

@@pepegacrazy7905 We can have the best: remove the useless, the undesired (not undesiderable, which is different) and you have it.

[@pepegacrazy7905]

@@KZbinIsAwesome Remove the useless seems a bit psychotic if you're talking about killing them. I was thinking more like birth control for EVERYONE, like China did some years ago ( 1 child per couple rule).

[@elyksteeley1181]

No it will be more like "eat ze bugz or go hungry" you won't be punished for not eating them but they're just going to leave you with no other choice but to eat em

[@YoutubeIsAwesome]

@@elyksteeley1181 Chickpeas, beans, wheat, lentils, sorghum, azure fish: all the proteins you want!

[@sjm98126]

YOU WILL LIVE IN ZE PODS... YOU WILL EAT ZE BUGS!

[@QueenLaQueefa]

U will own nathing and be happy.

[@Enthalpy--]

I vill eat ze Klaus Schwab before eating ze bugs.

[@jsville2023]

I can't imagine eating enough to feel full

[@Kalmar5567]

Cricketburger size = beef burger size? Unless you’re assuming you will literally try and eat them 1 by 1 lmao

[@Robbmann67]

@@Kalmar5567 does it taste good?

[@JingleMallet]

Grind up crickets, mold it into a patty. Cricket burger!

[@cheapnugget7939]

@@JingleMallet That's genius

[@machigiceb7788]

You could pair it up with rice like how the asian does. And add soup for spice.

[@Freedom-ds3yu]

Last time I checked insects were still WAY MORE expensive than beef or even chicken. Price is the major problem, not the disgusting look.

[@madmaxmedia]

With economies of scale and a level playing field (i.e. comparing unsubsidized cost of production,) I think it should be cheaper given that raising insects requires less feed.

[@manbearpigwa]

@@kevinwu688 4 quid for 25g? are they martian import?

[@rph_redacted]

Because they're still made small scale

[@TheRIZKYRAMA]

it's expensive because it has low supplies

[@natheria4933]

that's because of economies of scale. Corporations that focus on that production of food already have alot of investment and infrastructure. Thus they are able to afford lower costs. This happens to every new industry when they first start out, and I believe most businesses as well. Growth and starting out especially is very difficult. Takes alot of time.

[@ronniesunshine1163]

"wonka-esque factory" if that doesn't confirm the fact that snowpiercer is a sequel to willywonka then I don't know what will.

[@turboterps]

Yes lets all eat insects while the richest elites are enjoying some nice steak :)

[@philyeary8809]

They pay useful idiots to give up their lives or else.

[@turtleboy1188]

Insects: *swarm at me* Me: *opens mouth*

[@dtstar331]

I mean, everything is edible if you're brave enough

[@piteoswaldo]

Everything is edible. Some things only once.

[@notareallin620]

I'm saying! Insects are the least of them. People be eating poison and fish testesticles. Not to mention bull peni-

[@DrawinskyMoon]

Okay, I've always wanted to try Clorox bleach! It may save me from this idiotic world I call home.

[@_Not_Retarded]

*having flashbacks of the tide pod crisis*

[@cbryce9243]

@@piteoswaldo Yep. LOL!

[@chaos_omega_zero]

Food in the near future: Insects Food in the far future: Soylent Green

[@Enthalpy--]

You vill eat zem

[@kethmeth3694]

I'm not eating bugs and I'm not living in a pod

[@The_Firehawk]

"every now and again we hear a cricket hit puberty" bill Clinton OwO

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

"crick-crick-crick-crick...crick-crick-CRICK 0_0 ?! CRICKK...? CRICK-CRICK-CRICK-CRICK" Did I just have a puberty? the cricket thinks to itself.

[@gerardtrigo380]

The closest thing to eating insects in the US is the eating of boiled Crawfish in Louisiana.

[@parmaxolotl]

Or, you know, eating crustaceans in general.

[@tedcruzforgayrights2045]

That’s as close as I’ll get too

[@chowmane9584]

@Alex alexander they are

[@chowmane9584]

@Alex alexanderso because humans don't call them insects. that's means they're not lol

[@chowmane9584]

@Alex alexander crustacean are sea bugs u weirdo lol

[@bobbobbington3615]

Eat bugs, live in a pod. You'll own nothing, and like it.... or else.

[@phill8522]

Here i thought the fictional, "Protein Blocks," given to the poor and destitute in the movie, "Snowpiercer ," could only exist in the movies. This is the beginning of metal conditioning for what the future holds as basic foods become items of luxury and the middle and lower classes must survive off bugs as a stable source of protein.

[@Zetler]

This is important for when we’re all on Snowpiercer.

[@fruitspunchsamurai1796]

i was looking for this comment

[@username4441]

we already are on snowpiercer, chris evans played himself in the movie.. a make believe leader.

[@Aluraine]

get in your concrete tube, wear your electronic work badge, and..

[@NeoVault_]

Congratulations, welcome to our hellish future.

[@padox95]

@@NeoVault_ Jeez, i'm gonna laugh hard when the reality will smack douchebags in the face. Literally hundreds of studiesshowing insects as a possible and sustainable source of food and there are people saying "nah man, conspiracy".

[@SayYourSomething]

Pros of eating insects: Less pollution less deforestation highly nutritious much less vegan protests pretty tasty if seasoned Cons: Look gross LOOKS not tastes

[@Liss1122]

If we ever face an apocalyptic situation dire enough to eat insects, why would I seek out a bag of bugs from some factory? All I need to do is turn my porch light on and dinner will arrive 😃

[@timcreations8059]

Good point. Also, there are many edible wild plant species. Protein and veggies right from your yard.

[@DaINVERTEDReality]

I will NOT eat the bugs.

[@johndeer7716]

I WILL NOT EAT THE BUGS. I WILL NOT GO IN THE POD!

[@soldierforchrist631]

Get in the fkin' pod, John!

[@sidegrabsheriff]

no thanks, we have much better food, though klaus swab would say that we should only be eating bugs as we are peasants

[@MrHotass81]

It's never caught on in the US because there's never been a market for it It's amazing how much it's being pushed.

[@GenerallyChaotic6839]

we're starting to head into Snow Piercer territory and I am terrified.

[@jonathandavies6862]

These guys have clearly seen the snowpiercer with those gel bars that they feed the people at the back of the train. Future is looking cold and chewy

[@Spllyn]

Have you seen/heard the theory about it being the sequel to willy wonka?

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Dude people have been eating insects for well over ten thousand years globally. This is nothing new.

[@somebodyperson1741]

@@hainleysimpson1507 to survive when they were poor or did not have enough time to farm

[@sungbinroh3876]

Industrial engineering at its finest, scaling by 2 orders of magnitude is quite a challenge

[@Philo88IT]

You vill eat ze bugs

[@johnsmith-dx2ql]

IM A HUMAN BEING NOT A LIZARD I WILL NOT EAT ZE BUGS

[@nixgoat]

2010s: Mmm! Gummy worms! 2030s: Yummy! Cameralized worms!

[@__Lopps]

“It’s kinda nutty.” I experience one second of strange when I hear a guy refer to a flavor that way. Then it’s gone lol.

[@somerandomknucklesinatank1491]

If this is the food of the future you better disguise it so it doesn't look like crickets because many people won't eat crickets.

[@MegaAce042]

No way you're making me eat bugs. Don't expect me to comply with this.

[@SahilP2648]

Why not use crickets as proteins and then make chicken like dishes with similar taste and consistency (impossible burger 2.0) and then people would eat it I think

[@ink_marue2737]

That would defeat the purpose of its resource efficiency

[@phantom4E2]

Shut, the fuck, up

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

Good idea, no clue why some people are being harsh

[@thepope2412]

Why not eat a delicious chicken instead?

[@DrawinskyMoon]

Why not eat the damn cricket and except the fact you played into this future we have.

[@racciacrack7579]

I can’t wait for rich celebrities to say we need to save the planet by eating bugs, while they eat steak and BBQ. I don’t mind eating bugs, if their meat can be 100% made into what we have now.Mimicking the taste, texture, smell, nutritional value, etc.

[@ganerdeneuurtsaih9953]

Me to my future kid: Sorry son i couldn’t stop the insect boom now you have to eat cricket for dinner

[@randomargument972]

Reminds me of movie where workers were forced to eat nutrient bars made of bugs, and other higher ranks given much better food and drinks. *Snowpiercer (2013)*

[@megablademe4930]

Not gonna lie those fried crickets look pretty tasty.

[@SarahBoganChef]

Yesss! I'm also a fan of Mighty Cricket products.

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

@@SarahBoganChef dear you have lost your damn mind just like most of society.lmao

[@GreywardenRimu]

3:39 "who you callin pinhead?"

[@glitchyjoe64]

Nice triangle symbolism.