Nutritional value in insects comparable to beef

Because of the nutritional values ​​in insects, should insects be considered a source of other nutrients for humans in addition to livestock?

Who dares to eat a burger filled with dried crickets? But a new study of insect's nutritional value may make you think again before ordering.

Compared to beef, the crickets and grasshoppers have much more nutritional value.(Photo: Dailymail).

Researchers at the American Chemical Society have spent months looking at nutrients in insects such as crickets, grasshoppers, buffalo worms and powder worms (beetle larvae).Compared to beef, the crickets and grasshoppers have much more nutritional value - especially iron , the nutrients in beef that make this food widely recognized as extremely beneficial for health.

In the study that made many goosey readers, they found that crickets contain the highest iron content of all four types; furthermore, this iron is absorbed by the body much better than beef. . In addition, other minerals such as calcium, copper and zinc in both grasshoppers, crickets and powders are also in a lower state than the same minerals in beef.

For many cultures, eating insects is not too strange. According to UN estimates, there are more than 2 billion people in the world eating insects and more than 1,900 insects are edible. For example, in Thailand, there is a deep fried locust dish with soy sauce. In Mexico, dishes such as fried caterpillars, ants and roasted ants can be easily found. Japan eats fried cicadas and pupae.