Edible insects: a path towards more sustainable food systems?
By 2050: our planet will host 9 billion people. To meet the food and nutrition requirements the current food production system needs to alter its orientation and adopt more viable and sustainable options. At the same time, iron deficiency is the most prominent nutritional deficiency worldwide. Meat is generally a viable dietary iron source because of the high iron bioavailablity of heme iron, but increasing its consumption is not desirable if climate and nature conservation targets are to be met. Could insects play a role in providing dietary iron and assist towards transitioning to a lower population meat consumption?
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