Many everyday foods contain trace amounts of insects, as permitted by the FDA's Defect Levels Handbook. For instance, a ...

Insects and lab-made animal protein have the potential to be far less damaging to the environment. And because pets tend to ...

Peanut butter. The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels guide.This ...

A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says insects offer a huge potential for improving the world's food security. Peter Menzel, co-author of Man Eating Bugs, describes some ...

ROME — The latest weapon in the U.N.’s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food ...

Entomophagy, or eating insects, is commonly practiced in at least 113 countries. The aversion to insect food is largely emotional, so appealing to reason is a losing battle ...

It’s the other Grubhub. Singapore’s state food agency redefined “mealworms” after approving a whopping 16 species of insects for human consumption, ranging from grasshoppers to beetle grubs.

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

Statement: Tyson Foods might put insect protein in your chicken nuggets. Meat processing giant Tyson Foods in October announced a partnership with Protix, a Netherlands-based startup that produces ...

The claim: Tyson Foods putting insects in human food products. A Dec. 11 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a portion of a news release from Tyson Foods detailing its new partnership ...