Plenty of tourists enjoy eating deep-fried maggots in Thailand every year. But Thai people don't, they find the idea as disgusting as anyone else does. However

Plenty of tourists enjoy eating deep-fried maggots in Thailand every year. But Thai people don't, they find the idea as disgusting as anyone else does. However if they can be turned into nondescript foodstuffs like protein powder, I figure it will come down to cost; can it be sold cheaper than plant based powders?