Creepy Crawly Snacks Around The World

CRAWLING SNACKS from around the world 1,681mse insect species are eaten in: 11 countries in Europe NUTRITIONAL FACTS (100 grams) 29 36 23 countries in Asia tarantula beef patty from a Big Mac termite cricket silk worm weevil grub giant waterbug ant grasshopper countries in the Americas mopane caterpillar рирае countries in Africa 14 PROTEIN (g) countries in Oceania Entomophagy 2,500,000,000, 13.9 14,2 14.3 12.9 9.6 28.2 6.7 19.8 21.7 63 is the practice of eating insects. CARBOHYDRATE (g) Over people around the world eat insects daily. 2.9 n/a 3.9 5.1 2.3 n/a n/a 2.1 n/a 1.3 22 In North Thailand, the top reason for eating insects is: Insects are tasty." IRON (mg) The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is promoting insects 5 7 35.5 3.0 95 1.8 35.5 13.1 13.6 n/a 1.9 as a future food source as they are highly nutritious and much CALCIUM (mg) environmentally friendly than cattleor chicken. more 47.8 n/a 35,7 41 7 n/a n/a 43.5 n/a 17.4 75.8 SOURCES: Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eoting lesects, by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alisio hmp://www.planetscot.com/babes/nutrition.asp htp://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/finl.html Imp://ww.co.uky.edu/entomology/dept/bugfood2 asp Imp://www.sute 101.com/content/insectsas altemative-food-a278697 http://www.fo.og/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000791/index.hml http://www.riverdeep.net/cunent/2002/03/030402_eatingbugs. jhtml http://www.essortment.com/ In//cloriecount about.com/caloriesmedo ectsfood-source22027 html http://www.smallstockfoods.com/ebout/ http://www.foodinsects.com/ http://www.thaibugs.com/?poge_id-723 Irtp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophogy lonly plànet By Jenn DaCosta - © Lonely Planet 2011. All rights reserved.