technology

Insect-protein extrusion

Extruding or baking cricket-protein meal into crackers, chips and pasta formats to move insect protein from a niche bar into everyday food form-factors.

Where it's used

Insect protein snacks for human consumption
Cricket bars, mealworm snacks, cricket pasta and chips — high-protein (~65%) insect-based snacks positioned on a fraction of the land, water and feed of conventional protein, led by a consolidated European specialist-brand set (Jimini's, Crické, Seek, Sens) and Chapul after several US high-profile failures.
food-alt-protein 6 min