Cricket flour in EU markets. It adds to that of yellow larvae
News in supermarketscomes there cricket flour. The EU has given the official go-ahead and will officially enter from tomorrow on the market. It will be present on the shelves of markets throughout Europe, Including Italy. You will find the partially defatted flour of Acheta domesticusor the domestic cricket, also used as a base for the dough snacks and snacks. In March 2022, the go-ahead for i had already arrived powdered crickets, frozen, paste and dried. They are also found in shops migratory locust and the yellow larva flour. Continues the liberalization by the EU to the sale of products derivatives from insects. On 26 January, the regulation authorizing the marketing of the larvae of Alphitobius diaperinus (lesser mealworm) frozenin paste, dried and in powder.
Among the other new foods allowed for sale in the EU there are also: i powdered cricketsfrozen, in paste and dried, with the go-ahead for marketing arrived in March 2022; in the same forms, from the end of 2021, the migratory locust; from March 2022 green light for the yellow flour larva. The list of the insects that could end up on our tables seems to be destined to stretch: there are well eight more requests on the waiting list. In all cases listed, EU rules include specific labeling requirements regarding allergenicity as proteins from insects can cause reactions especially in subjects already allergic to shellfish, dust mites and, in some cases, to molluscs. And the costs? Cricket flour costs approx 15 euros for 200 grams of product, as is easily verifiable on specialized sites.
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