ReviewInsects2022
The Effect of Substrate on the Nutrient Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Edible Insects.
Review in Insects, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Are Insects a Feasible Option or Just a Hyped Promise in Ruminant Nutrition? A Systematic Review of What Has Been Done and What Lies Ahead.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional Composition, Chemical Safety, and Microbiological Quality of Farmed Palm Weevil Larvae (Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
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- Accessing the impact of harvest weights of Tenebrio molitor on amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy in cecectomized laying hens.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026Article
- Impact of agro-industrial by-products on nutritional value and microbiota composition of black soldier fly larvae.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Chemical characterization and nutritional potential of a Costa Rican edible cricket (Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Compositional analysis of amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, and aroma compounds in buffalo worm (Food chemistry: X · 2025Article
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- Harnessing Insects as Novel Food Ingredients: Nutritional, Functional, and Processing Perspectives.Insects · 2025Review
- The Environmental and Ecological Benefits of Edible Insects: A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Are Insect-Based Foods Healthy? An Evaluation of the Products Sold in European E-Commerce.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advancing Food Security with Farmed Edible Insects: Economic, Social, and Environmental Aspects.Insects · 2025Review
- Beyond balance: the impact of adult sex ratios on reproduction and longevity in Zophobas morio rearing.Biogerontology · 2025Article
- The isolation and characterisation of protein from nine edible insect species.Journal of food science and technology · 2024Article
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- Microorganism Contribution to Mass-Reared Edible Insects: Opportunities and Challenges.Insects · 2024Review
- Characterisation ofInsects · 2024Article
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- Exploiting Agri-Food Waste as Feed forFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Effects of dietary exposure to plant toxins on bioaccumulation, survival, and growth of black soldier fly (Heliyon · 2024Article
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Abstract
Demand for new food sources and production methods is increasing due to overall population growth, as well as the aim towards more sustainable use of natural resources and circular economy. Edible insects already used in many parts of the world have recently attracted interest as a new protein source in Europe, and novel food acceptance procedures are ongoing in the European Union for several insect species. In this paper, the effects of substate on the nutritional value, especially the fatty acid composition, of edible insects were reviewed and correlation calculations performed. The nutritional value of edible insects is an important health aspect, in particular, a high content of good-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids with essential fatty acids, and an optimal fatty acid n6/n3 ratio. On the basis of our findings, the nutrient content of insects can be modified by using a feed substrate carefully designed for each individual insect species. In addition, our correlation calculations demonstrated that the contents of linoleic and alpha linolenic acids in insects reflected the contents of these acids in the substrate. In conclusion, optimizing the composition and structure of the substrate and rearing conditions and duration for each insect species might also aid standardization of the nutritional composition of edible insects.
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