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Insects as food and feed: from production to consumption

Arnold van Huis, Jeffery K. Tomberlin

Book explains the use of Insects as an alternative protein source for public consumption and a feed source for the livestock industry. For Farmers & Researchers

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Alternative protein sources are urgently required as the available land area is not sufficient to satisfy the growing demand for meat. Insects have a high potential of becoming a new sector in the food and feed industry, mainly because of the many environmental benefits when compared to meat production.

This will be outlined in the book, as well as the whole process from rearing to marketing. The rearing involves large scale and small scale production, facility design, the management of diseases, and how to assure that the insects will be of high quality (genetics). The nutrient content of insects will be discussed and how this is influenced by life stage, diet, the environment and processing. Technological processing requires decontamination, preservation, and ensuring microbial safety. The prevention of health risks (e.g. allergies) will be discussed as well as labeling, certification and legislative frameworks. Additional issues are: insect welfare, the creation of an enabling environment, how to deal with consumers, gastronomy and marketing strategies. Examples of production systems will be given both from the tropics (palm weevils, grasshoppers, crickets) and from temperate zones (black soldier flies and house flies as feed and mealworms and crickets as food). Detailed photographs are shown at the beginning of each section and chapter.

Published: 2017

ISBN: 9789086862962

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Type: Paperback

Pages: 448

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Availability: Available

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Contents

Introduction
Tropical production systems
Production technology and management
Industrial production systems
Nutritional quality and processing
Regulation ethics and promotion
Future prospects

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This book weighs: 870g

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UK	£5.50
Europe	£13.50
USA and Canada	£16.00
ROW	£18.50
ROW2	£34.00

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> Agronomy
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> Meat Inspection
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> Beef
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> Equine
> Goats
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> Pigs
> Poultry
> Rabbits
> Sheep

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Insects as food and feed: from production to consumption