Nutritional and Microbial Quality of Edible Insect Powder from Plant-Based Industrial By-Product and Fish Biowaste Diets.

ABSTRACT: Edible insect powder, particularly from the cricket Acheta domesticus L., is a promising sustainable alternative to traditional livestock-derived protein. Insects provide high protein content, fibre, and essential minerals, making them suitable for food applications. This study investigates the viability of alternative diets for rearing A. domesticus. Two experimental diets were tested: RI [50% horticultural by-products (HP) + 50% commercial diet (CD)] and RII (33% HP + 33% CD + 33% fish by-products). The results demonstrated that both diets were suitable for cricket rearing. Crickets reared on diets RI and RII produced, respectively, insect powders FI and FII, which were evaluated for their nutritional, bioactive, and microbiological attributes. Both powders exhibited high p

SUBMITTER: Andrade R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11988334 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature