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

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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.

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