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Alternative Protein Snacks Made From Insects Finding Their Way Onto Store Shelves

Alternative Protein Snacks Made From Insects Finding Their Way Onto Store Shelves
Flour ground from dried crickets and crickets in jars, in Helsinki, Finland, on Nov. 23, 2017. Attila Cser/Reuters
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
9/22/2022|Updated: 9/23/2022
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Whether roasted, dried, dipped in chocolate, or tossed into a smoothie, edible insects remain a tough sell for die-hard meat-lovers in Western countries.

Slowly but steadily, however, food products containing insect ingredients are finding their way onto supermarket shelves and online stores.

Allan Stein
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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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