Ténébrion Meunier
Ténébrio Molitor
Mealworm
The rearing of the Mealworm for human consumption is authorized transformed or not, since 2021.
The Mealworm, raised in Bio, allows an exceptional production of proteins of very good quality.
It also contains a large proportion of Omega 3, 6 and 9.
It only needs very little water and a substrate made from cereals.
The female lays between 350 and 500 eggs.
20 % of proteins,
13% fat,
while the dried mealworm is composed mainly of
60% protein,
28% fat,
The fatty acid composition was determined by GC-MS (gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry), showing high contents of oleic acid and linoleic acid (19.8 and 8.51%, respectively), sources of Omega 3, 6, 9.
On the right the Larva.
In the center the Nymph.
On the left, the Imago (the adult)
– Incubation of the egg : 10 days
– Larval development : 2.5 to 3.5 months
– Pupa : 20 days
– Imago (Adult) : 1 to 6 months
– The ento-conversion consists in using poorly valorized biomasses to transform them into products of economic interest through their digestion by insect larvae.
-Increase food production by 70% by 2050 to feed 9 billion people.
-In 2030 there will be a shortage of 60 million tons of protein.
-Insects are already consumed by 2.5 billion people.
-More than one billion investment in 2021. Forecasted 30-fold increase in jobs by 2030.
(source ipiff.org)
