Introduction to Edible Insects

Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Production, Processing and Food Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-27

  Dunkel, F V ^a   Payne, C ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; barrier; edible insect; environmententomophagy; food industry; source; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85134281076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802856-8.00001-6     Document Type: Chapter

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