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Chitin is a biopolymer which exoskeletons of insects and shellfish are made.Let's have a closer look to this biopolymer. Chitin was discovered by the french chemist and pharmacist Henri Braconnot in 1811 and, after cellulose, it's the most important biopolymer in nature.In fact, it constitutes the ...

In this interview, David Gracer helps us to better understand why for the western people is difficult to eat insects and what we can do to fight the "yuk-factor". What amount of psychological work is needed to change our food habits?"This question presents several problems.     The field of entomo...

“Novel Food is defined as food that has not been consumed to a significant degree by humans in the EU prior to 1997, when the first Regulation on novel food came into force. Novel Food can be newly developed, innovative food or food produced using new technologies and production processes as well as...

When it comes to allergy to edible insects, we're speaking about allergy to tropomyosin. Tropomyosins are a family of molecules present in the muscles of all living beings: vertebrates, molluscs, insects etc. Essentially, each species has its own kind of tropomyosin. Many have tryed the one present ...

Proteins are a group of organic compounds made from amino acids bound by peptide bonds to form a long chain: imagine the protein like a necklace, and the amino acids as pearls. The sequence of the amino acids determines both the tridimensional structure and the function of the protein. According to...