Edible Insects - Future prospects for food and feed security

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68 Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security 6.1.1 dietary energy Ramos Elorduy et al. (1997) analysed 78 insect species from Oaxaca state, Mexico, and determined that caloric content was 293–762 kilocalories per 100 g of dry matter. For example, the gross energy (which is normally higher than metabolizable energy) of

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