Is There a Greater Role for Insects as Food?

Authors

G. R. DeFoliart, University of Wisconsin

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The world food deficit has resulted in an expanded effort to find new sources of protein. With significant research efforts directed toward development of oilseed, leaf, fish and single cell concentrates, it is surprising that insects have been almost totally overlooked. They are a natural food for many kinds of animals and they are used widely as food by some human populations, especially in the tropics where they help compensate for the general deficiency in animal proteins, fats and calories. The few biochemical studies done to date indicate that insect protein is of high quality.

Publication Date

December 1979

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

16

Issue

3

First Page

30

Last Page

31

Copyright

© Copyright 1979 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

DeFoliart, G. R. (1979) "Is There a Greater Role for Insects as Food?," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 16: No. 3, Article 16.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol16/iss3/16