How can we monitor the nutrient content of insects produced for human consumption?

The BEWARE project INSECTA (Crig-HELMO, HEPH-Condorcet and the company HEDELAB) is currently investigating how various nutrients, contained in the Tenebrio molitor and Acheta domesticus are impacted by varying the feed and other farming conditions. The aim of the project is to make a food supplement from insect flour of which the nutritional value can be ensured through the rearing parameters.

For more information, contact :

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  • Nectoux Alexia (a.nectoux@helmo.be)
  • Quintig Birgit (b.quinting@helmo.be) – Nutrition, Microbiology
  • Gosselin Matthias (matthias.gosselin@condorcet.be) – Insect production