Essays about: "yellow mealworm"

Found 5 essays containing the words yellow mealworm.

  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. Insect feed for future : perceived pros and cons of insects as feed inSwedish conditions

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Diana Saeed; Ebba Seijbold Dalla-Santa; [2021]
    Keywords : Black Soldier Fly; circular system; feed industry; legislation; stakeholders; yellow mealworm;

    Abstract : A current challenge that Sweden is handling is the amount of food loss and food waste. One way to reuse food waste efficiently is to convert it to feed for insects. 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. The yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor : a potential source of food lipids

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Ulrika Bragd; [2017]
    Keywords : mealworm; Tenebrio molitor; lipids; fatty acids; edible insects; future food;

    Abstract : The yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor is considered as a sustainable alternative to animal-derived source of protein. The population of the world increases and is believed to be over 9 billion by 2050, and the demand of protein will increase. Among edible insects, the mealworm is the one most commonly reared in Europe. READ MORE