eating insects is a far more efficient than conventional
domesticated animals –
“Conventional meat is not an efficient way to get
nutrients because animals must be fed on crops, and much of the energy that
goes into cultivating the crops is wasted. To produce 1 kilogram of beef, for
example, you need 10 kg of feed, whereas 1 kg of crickets requires just 1.7 kg.
What's more, 80 per cent of a cricket is edible compared with just 40 per cent
of a cow.”
“It was then that he discovered that insects are 10 times
more efficient at converting grains into protein, than cows and other
farm animals. Additionally, crickets are low in fat and high in omega-3
fatty acids. What better ingredient for a healthy energy bar?”
let them eat cricket bars – its more sustainable:
“How's business? Have you sold many bars?
We've grown every month since we started. We sold 6000 bars last month, and expect to sell more this month. But we're aiming for controlled growth. Originally I was looking at what it would take to farm crickets, but it just didn't make sense to do that without any consumer demand. So we decided to create a product to create that demand.
“How's business? Have you sold many bars?
We've grown every month since we started. We sold 6000 bars last month, and expect to sell more this month. But we're aiming for controlled growth. Originally I was looking at what it would take to farm crickets, but it just didn't make sense to do that without any consumer demand. So we decided to create a product to create that demand.
What does your company name mean?
Chapul is the Aztec word for cricket. The Aztecs used to collect crickets en masse, dry them out in the sun and then grind them down to a flour, which they used to make a very dense protein bread. That inspired the method we use to create the flour for the energy bars.
Chapul is the Aztec word for cricket. The Aztecs used to collect crickets en masse, dry them out in the sun and then grind them down to a flour, which they used to make a very dense protein bread. That inspired the method we use to create the flour for the energy bars.
Where do you get the crickets from?
There are already large operations farming crickets for the pet food industry. I reached out to farmers about raising them for human consumption, and they tweaked rearing practices to meet health code standards for food grade products.”
There are already large operations farming crickets for the pet food industry. I reached out to farmers about raising them for human consumption, and they tweaked rearing practices to meet health code standards for food grade products.”
You can see the kickstarter the fellow used to start this whole project here:
Amazing really how kickstarter has this ability to make tiny good ideas boom. Not sure if the cricket thing will take off, but I hope so. If cricket protein can be harnessed into a protein powder with minimal side taste it could be employed in thousands of products and be a far more sustainable and environmentally friendly option than say, raising cattle for beef, which, coincidentally as I said in another post, may be behind a good chunk of global warming:
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