Would You Eat a Protein Bar Made With Crickets?

[KamaAina]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/eat-protein-bar-made-crickets-202137612.html

EXO, a new startup founded by Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz, two recent Brown University graduates.The duo came up with their cricket bar iteration in their senior year when Lewis told Sewitz that he was looking for a healthy protein bar for his gym workouts.

Sewitz, who had just attended an environmental conference where he learned about edible insects as a method for combating food insecurity, suggested to Lewis that he make protein bars with cricket flour.

“When Greg suggested crickets, my mind instantly made that psychological leap to thinking of crickets as something disgusting,” said Lewis, “as something we don’t eat in the West as a traditional food source.”

But Sewitz eventually sold him on the environmental and nutritional benefits of cricket protein. According to the duo, crickets produce 80 percent less methane than cows and require substantially less feed and water.

[LiberalEsto]

1. No. Does this mean McDonalds will sell a McChirp burger? nt

[HappyMe]

2. No.

[Scuba]

3. What kind of crickets?

The Dark Jerusalem's are yummy!

[MrScorpio]

4. They've been trying to sell us on edible bugs since when I was a kid

No one was buying it back then either. People simple won't, unless there's no other choice.

[Xyzse]

5. Yes...

Then again, it isn't really that big of a deal.
I've had beetle, cicada, ants and others.

Granted, I am not a fan of crickets...
However, once you grind any of these things enough, you won't even notice it.

[hlthe2b]

6. So they are going to label the bugs in our food, now?

Not so uncommon as some like to think.... At least this would be "truth in advertising"...

[OffWithTheirHeads]

7. Yes. I've eaten fried grasshoppers. They were delicious!

[Avalux]

8. Yes as long as the crickets ground up and their legs aren't sticking out of it.

After all, people eat cows, pigs, and a variety of other animals. What's the difference?

[LiberalElite]

14. I don't eat any of those so -

I'm not eating crickets either.

[Iggo]

9. Why not? I already eat hot dogs made with rat shit.

[irisblue]

10. not knowingly gonna check labels carefully now

[Incitatus]

11. Hell yeah

[Systematic Chaos]

12. I'd think it's just another unhealthy animal protein source.

I'd probably try it out of curiosity as long as it wasn't full of obvious legs and shit, but Larabars and Clif bars are both the bee's (cricket's?) knees, and offer complete nutrition without bugs which didn't just wander in by accident.

[LiberalElite]

13. No.

Nope. Nyet. Non. Nee. Nein. For more: http://www.wikihow.com/Say-No-in-Various-Languages

[KamaAina]

15. 'A'ole.

'olelo Hawai'i.

[LiberalElite]

16. That's #62 for the list?!

[Tom_Foolery]

17. Yes...

I've eaten chocolate covered crickets many times.

[TeeYiYi]

18. Low in fat, high in fiber... I would if I had to. ..nt

TYY