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Article, 2024

Framework for valorizing waste- and by-products through insects and their microbiomes for food and feed

Food Research International, ISSN 0963-9969, 1873-7145, Volume 187, Page 114358, 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114358

Contributors

Muurmann, Asmus Toftkær (Corresponding author) [1] Banovic, Marija 0000-0003-1452-0165 [2] Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius 0000-0002-5805-7195 [3] [4] Sogari, Giovanni 0000-0002-2561-571X [5] Limborg, Morten Tønsberg 0000-0002-7718-6531 [4] Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas E 0000-0001-6615-1141 [4] [6] Bahrndorff, Simon 0000-0002-0838-4008 [1]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Aalborg University
    2. [NORA names: AAU Aalborg University; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] Aarhus University
    3. [NORA names: AU Aarhus University; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [3] Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    4. [NORA names: Norway; Europe, Non-EU; Nordic; OECD];
  4. [4] University of Copenhagen
    5. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  5. [5] University of Parma
    6. [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];

Abstract

One third of the food produced for human consumption is currently lost or wasted. Insects have a high potential for converting organic waste- and by-products into food and feed for a growing human population due to symbiosis with microorganisms. These symbioses provide an untapped reservoir of functional microbiomes that can be used to improve industrial insect production but are poorly studied in most insect species. Here we review the most current understanding and challenges of valorizing organic waste- and by-products through insects and their microbiomes for food and feed, and emerging novel food technologies that can be used to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions. We further construct a holistic framework, by integration of novel food technologies including holo-omics, genome editing, breeding, phage therapy, and administration of prebiotics and probiotics to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions, and solutions for achieving stakeholder acceptance of novel food technologies for a sustainable food production.

Keywords

acceptance, administration, administration of prebiotics, breeding, by-products, challenges, consumption, editing, feeding, food, food products, food technology, framework, functional microbiome, genome, genome editing, holistic framework, human consumption, human population, insect production, insect species, insects, integration, interaction, microbiome, microorganisms, phage, phage therapy, population, potential, prebiotics, probiotics, production, reservoir, solution, species, stakeholder acceptance, stakeholders, symbioses, symbiosis, technology, therapy, waste-

Funders

  • Danish National Research Foundation
  • Novo Nordisk Foundation
  • European Commission

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