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Yes, it is cricket: Italy gives go-ahead to insect flour for human use (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] xantoxis@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Gonna be honest, if you told me a country was going to start doing this, I would not have picked Italy

[โ€“] butiloveu@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago

Yeah. Didn't their politicians/farmers lobby block lab grown meat recently.

[โ€“] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can buy cricket flour in Canada. There is a manufacturer in Nova Scotia.

[โ€“] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Name?

[โ€“] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The one I was thinking of was Midgard Insect Farms Inc but I think they only grow for pet food. There are many others in Canada however. Even Loblaws started selling cricket flour in their stores around 2017.

[โ€“] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, my wife will be pissed if I tell her about this.

[โ€“] fidodo@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Why? It's just more choice, nobody will be forced to buy it. Seems silly to get upset about what other people choose to eat... Wait, she's Italian, checks out.

[โ€“] fr0g@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Well, other EU countries already sell insect-based food countries.and I'm not sure to what degree they can completely ignore the EU regulations.