Cricket Flour - 2 x 50g

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Is eating flour mite harmful? It may not be the best idea to consume flour infested with weevils at this time, but it is unlikely to kill you. They are not harmful. Weevils are not as likely to get into your flour after you’ve already used it, so don’t be alarmed if they do. It is mainly the appearance that customers find difficult. It is helpful to emphasise and highlight the environmental and health benefits.” Lessard BD, Ponce-Reyes R (April 2021). "Edible insects. A roadmap for the strategic growth of an emerging industry"(PDF). [1] CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). Australia’s National Science Agency.: 35. Rumbos, C.I.; Karapanagiotidis, I.T.; Mente, E.; Psofakis, P.; Athanassiou, C.G. Evaluation of various commodities for the development of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. Sci. Rep. 2020, 10. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]Saskia Nuijten is communication director at EIT Food, an innovation community co-funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the EU, which aims to bring together universities, research organisations, industries, start-ups, accelerators and tech clusters all over the continent. Rumpold, Birgit A.; Schlüter, Oliver K. (2013). "Nutritional composition and safety aspects of edible insects". Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 57 (5): 802–823. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200735. PMID 23471778. Yen, A.L. Insects as food and feed in the Asia Pacific region: Current perspectives and future directions. J. Insects Food Feed. 2015, 1, 33–55. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Sogari, G.; Bogueva, D.; Marinova, D. Australian Consumers’ Response to Insects as Food. Agriculture 2019, 9, 108. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version]

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