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We are London's leading supplier of varied and exclusive ready to eat edible insect products since 2018

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Our dried insects are commercially farmed specifically for human consumption in line with current UK novel food regulations. In addition to edible insect products, we offer unique edible insect culinary experiences ideal for team building, families and anyone wanting to learn more about entomophagy.

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Why we eat insects - this is our story

We hope you will be inspired by our story and decide to give edible insects a try and a chance. Edible insects are not only tasty but also good for the Planet. In 1992 the video of a very young environmentalist Severn Suzuki, addressing the United Nations Earth Summit went viral. She was appealing to the world leaders, to make the world a better place for present and future generations. We were deeply moved and inspired by it.

Respecting Mother Earth became our mantra. Like us, you can make minor adjustments to your daily lives, maximizing your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. Besides the practical and simple suggestion of perhaps investing into a compost bin and produce your own fertiliser or to plant flowers for the bees, you may want also want to think about the food you put in your plate. The easiest way to reduce meat consumption, help Mother Nature, and avoid nutritional deficiencies is to introduce a few edible insects in your diet. Whether you have travelled the World a bit, or you have researched topic online, edible insect are not a novelty. They are eaten by billion of people around the world and they can be produced at little cost to the environment. In fact even the FAO Food and Agricultural Organization is proposing them as the food of the future, to show we care about the natural world.

Eating insects to save the planet

 

The environmental impact of switching to an insect protein diet

What would be the impact of a simple shift of our eating habit toward a more sustainable and environmentally friendly source of protein? If a family of 4 switched once a week to an insect protein meal it is estimated that 650000 litres of water a year would be saved.<\p>

According to the WWF 70% of agricultural land is for grazing and according to FAO 30% is arable. This means that cattle and other livestock farming use a large percentage of the Earth’s entire land surface for pasture and to produce food for the animals, using significant amounts of precious water in the process.  The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that livestock farming contributes to 18% of greenhouse gases.  Livestock are fed antibiotics and hormones that end up on our plates, pollute our water sources and degrade the soil. Ecosystems, and therefore biodiversity, get destroyed in the process. On the other hand, insects are easy to farm in large quantities using very little space, are three times as protein-rich as traditional livestock and feed on what we would normally throw away.

With an ever-growing world population, a sustainable alternative to cattle farming is a necessity.
You can watch Severn’s video here: https://youtu.be/F_O1Au8vZLA

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