Edible value
1. High quality and high protein food. Tenebrio molitor not only can be used as feed, but also can be eaten. Its larva contains 56.58% crude protein, 28.20% fat, 57% crude protein in pupa and 64% crude protein in adult. Its content is much higher than that of eggs, beef, mutton and other conventional animal foods. It is easy to digest and absorb, and is known as the "king of protein" in insects.
2. Nutritious green food. The high protein and free amino acid content of Tenebrio molitor was 50-100 times higher than that of mammals and 11 times higher than that of milk; The content of fat soluble vitamin A, D, e, K and water-soluble vitamin B is very rich. Vitamin B1 is 15 times that of milk, vitamin B2 is 1800 times that of milk, and vitamin B6 is 52 times that of milk; In addition, it has major mineral elements such as calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and trace mineral elements such as iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, chromium, selenium, boron, iodine, etc. the contents of nutrients are much richer than milk and meat. Under the principle of "reasonable diet, balanced nutrition", the pursuit of green insect pupa dish has become a fashion, and people pay more attention to it.
3. Delicious food for all ages. Tenebrio molitor has good taste, unique flavor and is easy to be accepted by consumers. It can be baked, fried and processed into protein drinks with nut flavor, refined protein powder and other forms of food.
Now, eating Tenebrio molitor has become a reality. With the increasing demand for food, the first industrial farm to raise insects has emerged in the United States. There are 30 million crickets and 20 million bread worms on the new millennium farm in Lake Ontario, and the food made from these insects has already been put on the shelves in supermarkets. The farm was founded by the brothers Ryan, Jarrod and Darren. They hope that through this innovation, people's concept of food will be completely changed, and the insects in their farm will become a part of people's table.
The extraction process of Tenebrio molitor oil is as follows
Fresh Tenebrio molitor→ drying→ crushing→ heating →pressing →crude oil →refining→Product Oil