By The Financial District
Jul 19, 20211 min
Belgian researchers serve up waffles made of insects as a healthy replacement for butter, according to a Euronews dispatch
“Insect-based fat is a sustainable and healthy alternative to butter,” the research team at Ghent University in Belgium says. “When less than half of the butter is replaced by insect fat, you can hardly taste the difference.”
Eating insects isn't exactly mainstream. Popularity is mostly confined to countries in Asia. But that could all be about to change. Some forward-thinking European and American restaurants have trialed the delicacy.
The benefits are many, but insects seem to suffer from an image problem. So what’s needed to make eating insects mainstream?
The Benefits of Eating Insects
Bug-based gastronomy could be the future. United Nations food experts have been pushing insects as a source of nutrition for years, claiming that their consumption could reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to less livestock pollution.