Computational modelling of extrusion process temperatures on the interactions between black soldier fly larvae protein and corn flour starch.

ABSTRACT: Insects such as the black soldier fly (BSF) are recently being studied as food sources to address concerns about how to meet the food demand of the growing world population, as conventional production lines for meat proteins are currently unsustainable sources. Studies have been conducted evaluating the use of insect proteins to produce extruded foods such as expanded snacks and meat analogues. However, this field of study is still quite new and not much has been studied beyond digestibility and growth performance. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the compatibility of protein extracted from BSF flour with corn flour starch within an extruded balanced shrimp feed model through molecular dynamics simulations, for which cohesive energy density and solubility parameter (δ) of both comp

SUBMITTER: Inaki Gamero-Barraza J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10995973 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature