ReviewInsects2020
Fermented Edible Insects for Promoting Food Security in Africa.
Review in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The Use of Edible Insect Species Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm), Acheta domesticus (House Cricket), and Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) in the Food Industry: Nutritional Value, Safety Profile, and Consumer Acceptance.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Edible Insect-Based Beverages: A Narrative Review of Functional, Technological, and Experimental Dimensions.Insects · 2026Review
- Insects on the Plate: Nutritional Benefits, Health Impacts, and Market Dynamics.Current protein & peptide science · 2026Review
- Sustainable Emerging Proteins: Allergenic Proteins in Edible Insects, Microalgae, and Microorganisms, and Desensitization Processing Technologies.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Halal Perspectives on Grasshoppers (Locusts): A Path to Sustainable and Nutritionally Acceptable Alternative Protein Source.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Nutritional Quality and Oxidation Stability of Fermented Edible Insects.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Local knowledge, perception and practices regarding edible insects among different ethnic groups in Northern Uganda.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Analysis of Bacterial Communities and Microbiological Quality of Frozen Edible Insects.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Investigating the Microbial Dynamics ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Biotechnological Advances in Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation for Edible Insects: Functionality, Acceptability and Safety.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2025Review
- Unveiling the Nutritional Quality of Terrestrial Animal Source Foods by Species and Characteristics of Livestock Systems.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Acceptance of Muffins (Sweet and Savory) with the Addition ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effect of cooking methods on nutritional value and microbial safety of edible rhinoceros beetle grubs (Heliyon · 2024Article
- Health benefits and risks of fermented foods-the PIMENTO initiative.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Effect of fermentation, malting and ultrasonication on sorghum, mopane worm andFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Intention to Purchase Foods Based on Insects, Arachnids, and Arthropods, Processed by 3D Printing in Panama Consumers.International journal of food science · 2024Article
- An overview of fermentation in the food industry - looking back from a new perspective.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2023Review
- Edible Insects: A New Sustainable Nutritional Resource Worth Promoting.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- New insights into the emerging edible insect industry in Africa.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Efforts to attain sustainable nutritional diets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are still below par. The continent is envisaged to face more impending food crises. This review presents an overview of common edible insects in Africa, their nutritional composition, health benefits and utilization in connection with fermentation to enrich the inherent composition of insect-based products and offer foods related to existing and generally preferred culinary practice. Attempts to explore fermentation treatments involving insects showed fermentation affected secondary metabolites to induce antimicrobial, nutritional and therapeutic properties. Available value-added fermented edible insect products like paste, powder, sauces, and insect containing fermented foods have been developed with potential for more. Novel fermented edible insect-based products could effectively fit in the continent's food mix and therefore mitigate ongoing food insecurity, as well as to balance nutrition with health risk concerns limiting edible insects' product acceptability in SSA.
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