The interest in insects as an alternative food source arise due to global meat production damage environment. (Image credit: Food Insects)

Eating insect will be as fashionable as eating sushi in the future

Faradita Prayusti
Business & Industry
Foods & Service
Jun 26, 2019
1813
Analysts were sure that cricket crips and burgers made up from buffalo worm will be fashionable as the Japanese food sushi within 10 years because of the falling prices and lessening “yuck factor”.

By 2030 the demand on bug protein market will boost to a value of £6bn due to the decreasing prices and lowering the disgusting “yuck factor”, said analysts.

As the number of flexitarian diets – a style of eating where vegetarians are allowed to eat meat and other animal goods in moderation – are increasing, most of them will look for meat alternative and plant-based cuisine. Currently, supermarkets, restaurants, and manufacturers are struggling to make sales on a changing eating pattern.

The interest in insects as an alternative food source arise due to global meat production damage environment.

According to Barclays Sustainable & Thematic Investing report, the global insect market for human and farm animals’ consumption will increase at 24.4 percent a year over the next 10 years, with sales up to $8bn (£6.3bn) by 2030. It is expected the commercial production of edible insects to rise by approximately 28 percent per year, from 50,000 tonnes to more than 730,000 tonnes in 2030.

At least 2 billion people particularly Thai and Vietnamese already starting to eat bugs regularly, According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
Sushi is an example of a food that was once counted as something new in the west but successfully obtained mainstream acceptance after jumping down from high-end restaurant to minimarkets where everyone could buy it, cited the Barclays report.

Since people from Generation Z are likely to concern on health and sustainability things, they will try to overcome the “yuck factor” linked with eating bugs, it adds.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/25/insects-tipped-rival-sushi-fashionable-food-of-future

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