Insight into the proximate composition and microbial diversity of edible insects marketed in the European Union

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 243, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1157-1171

  Osimani, Andrea ^a   Garofalo, Cristiana ^a   Milanović, Vesna ^a   Taccari, Manuela ^a   Cardinali, Federica ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a   Pasquini, Marina ^a   Mozzon, Massimo ^a   Raffaelli, Nadia ^a   Ruschioni, Sara ^a   Riolo, Paola ^a   Isidoro, Nunzio ^a   Clementi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gross composition; Locusts; Mealworm larvae; Microbiota; Small crickets

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; FATTY ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; LOCUSTS; MEALWORM LARVAE; MICROBIOTAS; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PROXIMATE COMPOSITIONS; SMALL CRICKETS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 85020780163     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-016-2828-4     Document Type: Article

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