Edible insects in a food safety and nutritional perspective: A critical review

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-313

  Belluco, Simone ^a   Losasso, Carmen ^a   Maggioletti, Michela ^b   Alonzi, Cristiana C ^b   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^c   Ricci, Antonia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; NATURAL HABITAT; WORLD POPULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY;

FOOD SAFETY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876144761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12014     Document Type: Article

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