Black soldier fly maggots: high in protein with a small carbon footprint

Re:Black soldier fly maggots: high in protein with a small c... by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday July 19, 2019 @02:00PM (#20480980)

In Snowpiercer, it was only the poor inhabitants of the last coaches that were fed insect protein bars. The rich and powerful in the first coaches ate fillet mignon and the like.

My guess is that is how things would play out with insects as food for humans in the real world, too. The poor will have to eat grubs and crickets "for the environment" while the rich continue to eat as and what they please.

This is my guess based on my experience of how food works in the UK. If you can afford it, you can eat fresh fruit and vegetables, or the best cuts of meat. If you can't, then tough: it's kebabs, sliced bread that's high in trans fats, sugars and salts, and at best tinned veg and fruit, for you.

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Re:Black soldier fly maggots: high in protein with a small c... by IdiocyInAction on Friday July 19, 2019 @02:31PM (#20481243)

> If you can afford it, you can eat fresh fruit and vegetables, or the best cuts of meat. If you can't, then tough: it's kebabs, sliced bread that's high in trans fats, sugars and salts, and at best tinned veg and fruit, for you.

What? In continental Europe vegetables, fresh or tinned, are by far the cheapest option. Meat is always expensive.

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