Essays about: "Tenebrio molitor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Tenebrio molitor.

  1. 1. Mechanistic Model Development for a Multi-Enzyme Protein Hydrolysis Process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Tito Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mechanistic Model; Enzyme; Hydrolysis; Chemical Engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : New food products are constantly put on the market. Today the focus often lies in creating nutritional and sustainable products to reduce the environmental impact of the product in question. One example of this is the approval of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio Molitor, as a novel food in the European union. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effect of different food by-products on Tenebrio molitor growth and development in an industrial environment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Anton Laggar Andreasson; [2023]
    Keywords : Tenebrio molitor; yellow mealworm; growth; development; industrial farming; wet feed; dry feed; by-products; insects; insects as food and feed; maturation; pupation;

    Abstract : Due to an increasing need for high-quality protein around the world, eyes are turning towards alternative methods of farming, such as insect farms. As insects can eat what humans cannot, e.g. food by-products, they can be a part of sustainable food systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. Insekter till middag! : är Sverige redo för en ny matkultur?

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Nikolina Ström; [2022]
    Keywords : Insekter; Livsmedel; Hållbarhet; Matkultur; Entomofagi;

    Abstract : Är Sverige redo för en ny era i sin matkultur? Vi har gjort det förut och vi kan göra det igen! Entomofagi! Äta insekter? Svensk matkultur har ändrats mycket genom tiden och förändras fortfarande, kommer insekter kunna bli ett populärt alternativ på marknaden tro? Förr åt vi varken pasta, pizza, falafel eller sushi. Det har vi delvis medlemskapet i EU att tacka för, då det medförde bland annat frihandelsavtal inom EU. READ MORE

  5. 4. Towards a Zero Waste Vision using Insects – Urban Farming producing New Values in a Swedish Supermarket

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Josef Ingvarsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Insects; Entomophagy; Food Waste; Urban Farming;

    Abstract : The premise of the thesis is that current food systems are unsustainable. In fact, as the global population continues to rise, food systems are under greater strain to deliver quality output in a sustainable way. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nutritional value of some insects and their impact on post weaning diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Therese Schönborg; [2017]
    Keywords : black soldier fly; house cricket; mealworm larvae; chitin; chitosan;

    Abstract : Insects like Black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens), Mealworm larvae (Tenebrio Molitor) and House cricket (Acheta Domesticus) are of interest as possible sources of protein to be fed to monogastic animals like pigs and poultry, as they are all thought to have nutrient compositions similar to soybean- or fish meal. This is of interest as the demand for high quality protein is increasing in time with the growing world population. READ MORE