ReviewInsects2022
In Vitro Crude Protein Digestibility of Insects: A Review.
Review in Insects, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Towards Bioethical and Functional Standards in the Slaughter Methods of Edible Insects: A Narrative Review.Insects · 2026Review
- Supercritical Defatting, Composition and Digestibility of Meals from Black Soldier Fly (Insects · 2026Article
- The Environmental and Ecological Benefits of Edible Insects: A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
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- Comparison of Cricket Protein Powder and Whey Protein Digestibility.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Effects of Slaughter Methods and Drying Temperatures on the Protein Hydrolysis of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effects of Black Soldier Fly (Insects · 2024Article
- Culinary treatments impact the digestibility and protein quality of edible insects: a case study withFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Black Soldier Fly Larvae MealAquaculture nutrition · 2024Article
- Bioactive Peptides Derived from Edible Insects: Effects on Human Health and Possible Applications in Dentistry.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Protein quality of edible insects in the view of current assessment methods.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2023Article
- A review on edible insects in China: Nutritional supply, environmental benefits, and potential applications.Current research in food science · 2023Review
- Assessing amino acid solubility of black soldier fly larvae meal in Atlantic salmon (Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The high protein content of insects has been widely studied. They can be a good food alternative, and therefore it is important to study the effect of digestion on their protein. This review examines the different in vitro protein digestibility methodologies used in the study of different edible insects in articles published up to 2021. The most important variables to be taken into account in in vitro hydrolysis are the following: phases (oral, gastric and intestinal), enzymes, incubation time and temperature, method of quantification of protein hydrolysis and sample preprocessing. Insects have high digestibility data, which can increase or decrease depending on the processing of the insect prior to digestion, so it is important to investigate which processing methods improve digestibility. The most commonly used methods are gut extraction, different methods of slaughtering (freezing or blanching), obtaining protein isolates, defatting, thermal processing (drying or cooking) and extrusion. Some limitations have been encountered in discussing the results due to the diversity of methodologies used for digestion and digestibility calculation. In addition, articles evaluating the effect of insect processing are very limited. It is concluded that there is a need for the standardisation of in vitro hydrolysis protocols and their quantification to facilitate comparisons in future research.
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