My biggest issue is that it looks pretty high in saturated fat for something I'd treat as a snack.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
How about: Oh, hells no. I get it: it's an experimental product that may or may not be actually healthier and more nutrient-packed than conventional foods. It might even help alleviate some of my health issues. I can't look past the whole "insect" thing. Maybe a few generations down the line, say, my grandkids kids (theoretical grandkids) may think nothing of it. But there's too much cultural inculcation for me to ev…
Your aversion to insects is highly cultural. Plenty of cultures, especially in Asia and Africa, treat insects as common foods and even delicacies. You don't have a problem eating insects if you eat any sort of processed grains. The USDA (or equivalent agency) has distinctly non-zero limits for insect parts and rodent feces in cereal, because it's impossible to economically keep all insects and rodents out of grains.
I understand that, but by making a Kickstarter in English, they are targeting exactly my culture, which isn't keen on eating insects. And yes, everyone knows they slip into our food supply and there's a non-zero chance that we've all eaten them unintentionally, but that doesn't logically mean I'm going to think, "well, I may as well just start going whole hog now!"
This is a novelty and will never make it big in our market because the "ick factor" is just too high (for our cultural norms).
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#33"a three star Michelin chef who was Head of R&D at The Fat Duck Restaurant in England"
They must be referring to Heston right? I'm pretty sure he can make anything taste good
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#34This is gross. I'm a vegetarian, so I'm biased, but am I the only one that thinks moving from animal sourced protein to slow roasted crickets sounds obscene?
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your aversion to insects is highly cultural. Plenty of cultures, especially in Asia and Africa, treat insects as common foods and even delicacies. You don't have a problem eating insects if you eat any sort of processed grains. The USDA (or equivalent agency) has distinctly non-zero limits for insect parts and rodent feces in cereal, because it's impossible to economically keep all insects and rodents out of grains.
I understand that, but by making a Kickstarter in English, they are targeting exactly my culture, which isn't keen on eating insects. And yes, everyone knows they slip into our food supply and there's a non-zero chance that we've all eaten them unintentionally, but that doesn't logically mean I'm going to think, "well, I may as well just start going whole hog now!" This is a novelty and will never make it big in our…
We have to start somewhere, right?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
How about: Oh, hells no. I get it: it's an experimental product that may or may not be actually healthier and more nutrient-packed than conventional foods. It might even help alleviate some of my health issues. I can't look past the whole "insect" thing. Maybe a few generations down the line, say, my grandkids kids (theoretical grandkids) may think nothing of it. But there's too much cultural inculcation for me to ev…
Have you considered the possibility that you might be unusually (relative to the rest of the globe) quite squeamish? What makes cricket flour any worse than raw fish or a nice, runny, sunny-side-up egg? Or more directly: do you eat commercially-prepared peanut butter?
You can't be serious? Besides the obvious physical differences, there are biological differences as well. An egg is not a slow roasted chicken.
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#37This isn't all that different from eating chocolate ants or crickets. My pet tarantulas absolutely love eating crickets, and anyone who is into keeping such pets knows of very high nutritional value of crickets.
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#3820g fat (5g saturated), 27g carbs (14g sugar), 10g protein. Not that great for a "protein" bar.
Considering the ingredients, I wouldn't be surprised if a relatively large portion of the protein came from the almonds and chocolate. I never understood why people eat this crap when it's so easy to get protein from simple, natural sources.
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#40This is gross. I'm a vegetarian, so I'm biased, but am I the only one that thinks moving from animal sourced protein to slow roasted crickets sounds obscene?
You're probably not the only one, but I suspect that this is driven by culture more than anything else. (Of course, this doesn't make you feelings any less valid.) Crickets are likely to be less conscious and 'sentient' than animals such as cattle, and so I think this is a very good step from an ethical point of view.