Consumption and industrial processing
Insects in the human diet: processing and quality

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Consumption and industrial processing
Insects in the human diet: processing and quality

Authors : Sami GHNIMI, Marie-Pierre ELLIES-OURY, Sghaier CHRIKI

Review date: February 24, 2025 | Lire en français

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1. Consumption and industrial processing

1.1 Consumption trends

From the Latin insectum, meaning "cut into pieces" or "notched", the word evokes arthropods in which there are three distinct body parts, cut into three segments, such as the thorax, head and abdomen. Derived from the word entomos, meaning "insect", and phagos, meaning "eater" in Greek, entomophagy therefore refers to eating insects.

The perception of insect consumption is slowly changing over time

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