There's a new superfood on the block
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Happily, I don't drink milk. Call me if they start making cheese or greek yogurt out of it!
Seriously, I'm down with the idea of cricket protein powder, but this is way beyond my culinary adventurousness limit. Ugh.0 -
FunkyTobias wrote: »I'm just trying to figure out how you milk them.
tiny little stools.5 -
You can buy cricket protein, there are cricket farms in operation in the US right now. Many many cultures around the world incorporate insects as a viable source of dietary protein.
http://www.ediblebugshop.com.au/p/8919994/cricket-protein-powder-200g.html0 -
I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.0
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CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.0 -
]diannethegeek wrote: »For the curious:Although most cockroaches don’t actually produce milk, Diploptera punctate, which is the only known cockroach to give birth to live young, has been shown to pump out a type of ‘milk’ containing protein crystals to feed its babies.
The fact that an insect produces milk is pretty fascinating – but what fascinated researchers is the fact that a single one of these protein crystals contains more than three times the amount of energy found in an equivalent amount of buffalo milk (which is also higher in calories then dairy milk).
Clearly milking a cockroach isn’t the most feasible option, so an international team of scientists headed by researchers from the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India decided to sequence the genes responsible for producing the milk protein crystals to see if they could somehow replicate them in the lab.
But but that's processing! Only natural organic cockroach protein crystals are clean.
This was exactly my thought too.
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BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.
What brand and how much? The one I saw was something like $15 for 5 servings. I'm not paying that much for powdered bugs!0 -
diannethegeek wrote: »http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-show-why-we-should-all-start-drinking-cockroach-milk
Will you be running out to buy some?
I thought you were joking in the other thread.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.
What brand and how much? The one I saw was something like $15 for 5 servings. I'm not paying that much for powdered bugs!
The stuff in the link I found above was $40US for 200g or 10 servings. Way more than I would pay for powdered bugs as well when I can get 4lbs of whey isolate for $70.00 cnd.1 -
BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.
What brand and how much? The one I saw was something like $15 for 5 servings. I'm not paying that much for powdered bugs!
The stuff in the link I found above was $40US for 200g or 10 servings. Way more than I would pay for powdered bugs as well when I can get 4lbs of whey isolate for $70.00 cnd.
Yea, I'm not getting the efficiency argument EXO makes on their "why crickets" page.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.
What brand and how much? The one I saw was something like $15 for 5 servings. I'm not paying that much for powdered bugs!
The stuff in the link I found above was $40US for 200g or 10 servings. Way more than I would pay for powdered bugs as well when I can get 4lbs of whey isolate for $70.00 cnd.
Yea, I'm not getting the efficiency argument EXO makes on their "why crickets" page.
Thailand Unique is 50 cal per serving, 7 g protein, 2 g fat.
Also, there's cricket pasta: http://www.bugsolutely.com/
Looking at the website, I think the efficiency argument is that crickets take up a lot less room than chicken or cattle for the amount of protein they give. It's not about the efficiency of the powder (whey kicks its babymongoose), but an environmental argument, perhaps.0 -
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Another article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/26/the-case-for-cockroach-milk-its-the-most-caloric-protein-on-earth-scientists-say/
I would just like to be the first to point out that consuming cockroach milk is unnatural! Are you a baby cockroach?2 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »BillMcKay1 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »CorneliusPhoton wrote: »I got a couple of Exo cricket protein bars because I was curious and I only had to pay shipping. Can't bring myself to try them.
I just went online to order some for fun, but at 300 calories for 10 grams of protein they're more a fat and carbs bar
Ya, those are a bit of an interesting macro profile. Compared to the cricket protein powder I saw which in a 20g serving was 13g of protein, 1.9g of fat, 0.2 carbs and 76 calories.
What brand and how much? The one I saw was something like $15 for 5 servings. I'm not paying that much for powdered bugs!
The stuff in the link I found above was $40US for 200g or 10 servings. Way more than I would pay for powdered bugs as well when I can get 4lbs of whey isolate for $70.00 cnd.
Yea, I'm not getting the efficiency argument EXO makes on their "why crickets" page.
Thailand Unique is 50 cal per serving, 7 g protein, 2 g fat.
Also, there's cricket pasta: http://www.bugsolutely.com/
Looking at the website, I think the efficiency argument is that crickets take up a lot less room than chicken or cattle for the amount of protein they give. It's not about the efficiency of the powder (whey kicks its babymongoose), but an environmental argument, perhaps.
It also says they cost less to feed. I suspect it's a scaling issue.
As for protein content, if it's true that the cricket flour has more protein then they truly screw the pooch when they make the bars.
ETA: yes, seems it's a scaling issue along with a bit of a learning curve: http://chicagoist.com/2014/10/07/we_need_more_cricket_farmers_the_pr.php0 -
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I find this no more or less palatable than cricket protein. Neither of which both me. Entire segments of the human species have lived on insects and/or arachnids at some point in time.0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Another article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/26/the-case-for-cockroach-milk-its-the-most-caloric-protein-on-earth-scientists-say/
I would just like to be the first to point out that consuming cockroach milk is unnatural! Are you a baby cockroach?
I'm surprised that no one is concerned with mutations and the possibility of roach superpowers. They probably won't be as cool as Spidey's powers.1 -
diannethegeek wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Another article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/26/the-case-for-cockroach-milk-its-the-most-caloric-protein-on-earth-scientists-say/
I would just like to be the first to point out that consuming cockroach milk is unnatural! Are you a baby cockroach?
I'm surprised that no one is concerned with mutations and the possibility of roach superpowers. They probably won't be as cool as Spidey's powers.
I don't know. I think sliding under narrow doorways, surving nuclear war, and making your much larger and more powerful enemies flee in terror while shreeking like school girls are pretty cool powers. Our new super hero will just have to watch out for newspapers and Raid.3 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Another article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/26/the-case-for-cockroach-milk-its-the-most-caloric-protein-on-earth-scientists-say/
I would just like to be the first to point out that consuming cockroach milk is unnatural! Are you a baby cockroach?
I'm surprised that no one is concerned with mutations and the possibility of roach superpowers. They probably won't be as cool as Spidey's powers.
I don't know. I think sliding under narrow doorways, surving nuclear war, and making your much larger and more powerful enemies flee in terror while shreeking like school girls are pretty cool powers. Our new super hero will just have to watch out for newspapers and Raid.
And cats. At least my cats were bug-eaters.0 -
I used to have a cat that seemed to take joy in dismembering crickets. Then whacking them across the hardwood floor into the wall.
Yes, we really believe she may have been the feline incarnation of Satan.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Another article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/26/the-case-for-cockroach-milk-its-the-most-caloric-protein-on-earth-scientists-say/
I would just like to be the first to point out that consuming cockroach milk is unnatural! Are you a baby cockroach?
I'm surprised that no one is concerned with mutations and the possibility of roach superpowers. They probably won't be as cool as Spidey's powers.
I don't know. I think sliding under narrow doorways, surving nuclear war, and making your much larger and more powerful enemies flee in terror while shreeking like school girls are pretty cool powers. Our new super hero will just have to watch out for newspapers and Raid.
And cats. At least my cats were bug-eaters.
I'd say we could sell a sexy backstory with Catwoman. but I'm guessing she's not going to be so on board with that.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcKBmdfpWs
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