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(Food Science and Technology Research, 2019, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 597-605, Released on J-STAGE September 26, 2019) Recently, eating insects has become not only an alternative source of proteins that offers a cheap and sufficient nutrient intake in the human diet in developing countries but also very popular in developed countries that concerns about healthy food. Edible insects are the new trend on the food market worldwide because they are not only a healthy food source and that is highly nutritious that is rich in protein, healthy fats, vitamins, fibre and minerals with low carbohydrates but also are more environmentally friendly to raise than other livestock protein sources. In Thailand, eating insects is not new. Thai people have had a long history and tradition of using over 200 different insect species as food. Crickets are the most common species farmed. Recently over 20 000 cricket farms have been established in Thailand. However, only two species of edible crickets, field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) and house crickets (Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)), are farmed economically. This present work has been performed to determine the amino acid profile, fatty acid profile, nutritional composition, and mineral content of A. domesticus and G. bimaculatus. In addition, protein solubility and functional properties were also investigated. This information would help to perceive the plausible of using insects as health food and to record information of the nutritional contents of these two commercial insect species. Results & Discussion The results indicated that protein was the major […] Read More

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