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Maybe it's just me, but i somehow doubt that insects will ever become mainstream. I think plant based food will be on the rise long term. Especially with the po
by BurningPenguin 4y ago
Maybe it's just me, but i somehow doubt that insects will ever become mainstream. I think plant based food will be on the rise long term. Especially with the possibilities of vertical farming, which i think is inevitable. The lab-grown meat might have a hard start in my country, since people are very strongly "anti-gmo".
- Zigurd 4y agoYou could use benign muscle tumor cells if GMO is unpalatable. These kinds of tumors are common in beef cattle. Might be in your burger already.
- dabbledash 4y agoThat doesn't sound more palatable than GMOs?
- actionfromafar 4y agoIf it's cheap, non-perishable and transports well, it will have a big market.
- coldtea 4y agoEspecially if it's marketed to hell. People will eat dogshit if it's promoted enough.
- xadhominemx 4y agoNot really
- coldtea 4y agoBacon, McDonalds, HFCS, ...
- frankbreetz 4y agoIf fast food starts slipping bugs into your food without many people noticing, it will become mainstream.
- scythe 4y agoIf insects were actually efficient, they'd be processing them into tasteless protein powder already and nobody would know the difference. They already do it with milk, eggs, soybeans, peas, et cetera. I suspect that the only true economic niche of insect foods is getting gross-out clicks for infotainment media. Existing insect-derived products range from expensive to unobtainium: carmine, silk, honey, resilin, spider silk. I guess shellac isn't that expensive.