
Insect Proteins as Sustainable Food Ingredients
Nutrition, Processing and Consumer Acceptance
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Ronghai He
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 7 0 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 7 0 3 - 3
In the quest for sustainable food solutions alternative to traditional proteins, insects are emerging as a compelling option. Insect Proteins as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Nu… Read more
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- Explores edible insects as sustainable sources of alternative proteins
- Highlights extraction and processing techniques for a variety of edible insects from around the world
- Discusses nutritional and health benefits of edible insect proteins
- Demonstrates ways to measure consumer acceptance
- Establishes a food safety framework to regulate the use of insect proteins in food products
2. Insect production and its impact on environmental sustainability as food and feed
3. Nutritional and health benefits of insect proteins
4. Flavor and sensory aspects of insect-based foods
5. Ways to measure consumer acceptance of edible insect foods
6. Processing technologies of edible insect proteins
7. Functional and sensorial modifications of insect proteins
8. Regulatory and Safety Considerations
9. Future insects in food service and for innovation
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Ronghai He
Professor Ronghai He is the Executive Vice Dean and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Food Physical Processing, Jiangsu University and a member of Insect Industrialization Committee of The Entomological Society of China. His areas of interest include the processing technology research on food resources, especially on the properties, extraction, processing and safety of insects as food ingredients. He focuses on insects such as the black water gadfly, Tenebrio molitor, rice hopper and fly maggot. He has published more than 150 articles on food ingredients in journals such as Food Chemistry, LWT-Food Science & Technology, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, and the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.