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Edible insects acceptance by belgian consumers: promising attitude for entomophagy development
Caparros Megido, Rudy; Sablon, Ludovic; Geuens, Mélodie et al.
2014In Journal of Sensory Studies
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Keywords :
Entomophagy; Eating insects
Abstract :
[en] Entomophagy is not well accepted in Western European populations but it is common in the world. In the future, populations from developed countries should adapt to other sources of animal proteins because traditional breeding of beef, poultry or pork will become unsustainable. This study was performed to assess the perception of entomophagy in the Belgian population. A slight neophobia was detected but people agreed to evaluate insect preparations. Various insect formulations (mealworms and house crickets) were prepared, and insects associated with known flavors and crispy textures were preferred. After a hedonic test, people seemed to be willing to eat and cook insects in the near future. The opportunity to introduce entomophagy in food habits of Western Euro- pean populations was positively concluded. Integration of edible insects in human food is a potential solution to replace other animal protein sources in a much more sustainable development and will deserve more attention in the future.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Caparros Megido, Rudy  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Sablon, Ludovic
Geuens, Mélodie
Brostaux, Yves  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Statistique, Inform. et Mathém. appliquée à la bioingénierie
Alabi, Taofic ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Blecker, Christophe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Science des alim. et formul.
Drugmand, Didier
Haubruge, Eric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Vice-Recteur de Gembloux Agro Bio Tech
Francis, Frédéric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Language :
English
Title :
Edible insects acceptance by belgian consumers: promising attitude for entomophagy development
Alternative titles :
[fr] Acceptabilité des insectes comestibles par des consommateurs belges: attitude prometteuse pour le développement de l'entomophagie
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Journal of Sensory Studies
ISSN :
0887-8250
eISSN :
1745-459X
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing
Peer reviewed :
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