ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Insects as Food: Consumers' Acceptance and Marketing.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- Consumer Acceptability of Animal-Source Food Alternatives: A Literature Review to Support the Transition to Sustainable, Healthy Diets.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Increasing the Acceptability of Insect-Based Foods as Future Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Barriers, Strategies, and Pathways to Mainstream Adoption.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Insects as an Alternative Protein Source: A Sustainable Approach to Future Food Security.Insects · 2026Review
- Visual Assessment and Information Effects on Consumer Acceptance of Insect-Based Foods: The Role of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Sociodemographics.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Predicting schoolchildren's willingness to eat insect-based snacks: effects of information provision psychological and cognitive traits.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Acceptance of entomophagy among Canadians at an insectarium.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Product Development and Consumer Evaluation of Beef-Cricket Hybrid Burgers.International journal of food science · 2026Article
- Checklist of edible insects and their marketability: improving rural livelihood in Imo State, Nigeria via insect consumption and marketing.Frontiers in insect science · 2026Article
- Is the Quantity of Capsaicin in Food Related to Its Organoleptic and Sensory Effects? A Systematic Review.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Consumer Awareness and Acceptance of Palm Weevil Larvae (International journal of food science · 2026Article
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- A Review on the Current Research and Industrialization Status of Edible Insect Protein.Food science of animal resources · 2025Review
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- Are Insect-Based Foods Healthy? An Evaluation of the Products Sold in European E-Commerce.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The future potential of controlled environment agriculture.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Methods of Protein Extraction from House Crickets (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing the Intention to Eat Insects as an Alternative Protein Source: A Sample from Turkey.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Country-Level Bibliometric Analysis of Edible Insect Research: Geographic Distribution and Contributions to Advancing Sustainable Alternatives for Food and Feed.International journal of food science · 2025Review
- Potential of edible insects as alternative protein source for the older adults.Current research in food science · 2025Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The growing demand for livestock products is associated with an increase in environmental, economic, and ethical issues. New alternative sources of protein such as edible insects have recently been developed to tackle these issues with fewer drawbacks. However, several challenges are associated with insect-based food, mainly regarding consumer acceptance and commercialization. In this systematic review, we explored these challenges by reviewing 85 papers from 2010 to 2020, which were selected following the PRISMA methodology. Additionally, we applied the SPIDER (Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, and Research type) tool for developing the inclusion criteria. Our analysis adds new knowledge to previous systematic reviews on this topic. It reveals both a comprehensive framework of factors influencing consumers' acceptance of insects as food and aspects of the marketing mix of these products. Disgust, food neophobia, familiarity, visibility of insects, and taste appear to be the most significant factors that can prevent consumers from consuming insects as food. The motivations for acceptance are found to be familiarity and exposure. The results of this review provide insights for policymakers and stakeholders who wish to develop marketing strategies that can increase consumer acceptance of insects as food.
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