Icelandic startup offers protein bars from insects

Icelandic startup Crowbar Protein successfully raised funds in the краудфандинговой campaign for the project Protein Bars Jungle bar and soon will start selling them. A key ingredient bars - meal of crickets.

The remaining ingredients include dates, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin and chocolate. In 50 g bar contains 200 kcal and 16% proteins. Developers particularly abut the absence of gluten, peanuts, soybeans and dairy products. Pack of 6 bars is offered for $ 25.

According to the start-up, about one third of the world population of people already eat insects. His aim to teach developers put this remaining two-thirds. The benefits of eating small hrustyashek - to save resources.



For example, to get a kilo of protein crickets, 1.7 kg grass - unlike cows, where it takes 10 kg of food. Even fewer crickets requires water - a resource that in many regions of the world is in short supply, and some other becomes inaccessible . 8 liters per 1 kg of crickets, 1250 liters per 1 kg of poultry and 8350 L for cows. A steady increase in the population requires a constant increase in the production of food.

Head startup Byui Byarmar Adalsteynson long interested in the question of using insects for food (despite the fact that in the cold Iceland they are almost there). For example, last year the press coverage it received Mushin farm , which can grow large amounts of nutrients from almost larvae and debris waste.

Startup is not alone in his efforts. Company Tiny Farms working on an open project, through which one can easily be grown at home insects (just be sure to ask permission from the home), and the designer Katharina Unger last year developed a beautiful home farm for growing larvae. < br />
Will such a popular food in the future? And not only where there is no available alternatives, but where there is a choice? Adalsteynson claims that he has already received inquiries from interested shop owners in Europe, USA and Canada. In addition, you can remember that even 30 years ago was not accepted by eating raw fish - but now the land available and are popular anywhere.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/249886/