[RedState] If you’ve not yet consumed crickets, you may soon — particularly if you’re a partaker of European fare.
The European Union is putting the “pow” in “powder.” It’s giving eaters an explosion of insect compliments of a pinch of arthropod. From now on, those overseas will be bound to eat ground cousins of grasshoppers.
Following a three-year review, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 went into effect Tuesday. It allows food producers to put cricket powder in flour-based products.
In its scientific opinion, the [European Food Safety Authority] concluded that Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder is safe under the proposed conditions of use and use levels. … [T]hat scientific opinion gives sufficient grounds to establish that Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder when used in [an assortment of food] fulfills the conditions for its placing on the market…
Cricket powder will be permitted in the following:
Multigrain Bread and Rolls
Crackers and Breadsticks
Cereal Bars
Dry Pre-Mixes for Baked Products
Biscuits
Dry Stuffed and Non-Stuffed Pasta-Based Products
Sauces
Processed Potato Products
Legume- and Vegetable- Based Dishes
Pizza
Pasta-Based Products
Whey Powder
Meat Analogues
Soups and Soup Concentrates or Powders
Maize Flour-Based Snacks
Beer-Like Beverages
Chocolate Confectionary
Nuts and Oilseeds
Snacks Other Than Chips
Meat Preparations
The original application to start bugging people’s plates came courtesy of Cricket One, a company promoting “classic protein for a modern world.” |