Earth environment and insects
Did you know that edible insects benefit the earth’s environment?
Earth environment and insects
Did you know that edible insects benefit the earth’s environment?
Earth environment and insects
Did you know that edible insects benefit the earth’s environment?
When a family of 4 consumes
insect protein once a week
our planet’s life can be
extended by 1 year
Cow
Insect
Calories | 271kcal |
Protein | 52% |
Fat | 48% |
Carbohydrate | 0% |
Calcium | 13 ~30mg |
Iron | 3.5mg |
Calories | 96 ~ 153kcal |
Protein | 40 ~ 72% |
Fat | 16% |
Carbohydrate | 12% |
Calcium | 35 ~75mg |
Iron | 5mg |
Sustainability
Because insects are cold-blooded animals,
they do not maintain body temperature and
can grow to an adequate size with small amounts
of feed and water. To get 1 kg of beef, you need 10 kg of feed.
However, for insects, only 1.7 kg of feed is enough.
Global Warming
100 times
Greenhouse gas caused
by raising livestock
18% of global emissions
Greenhouse gas from
raising insects
0.18% of global emissions
Land conservation
For cows to produce the same
amount of protein as insects?
Cows need 10 times as much
land as insects.
Insects are highly reproductive and have no restrictions on the breeding environment.
Source: Rural Development Administration
Water conservation
Freshwater is used in 70% of
agriculture worldwide.
To get 1kg of protein?
Cow
22,000L
Pig
3,500L
Chicken
2,300L
Insect
1L
Time-saving
To make as feed?
Cow
1095 DAY
Fish
450 DAY
Chicken
147 DAY
Insect
30 DAY
When a family of 4 consumes insect protein once a week
our planet’s life can be extended by 1 year
Cow
Calories | 271kcal |
Protein | 52% |
Fat | 48% |
Carbohydrate | 0% |
Calcium | 13 ~30mg |
Iron | 3.5mg |
Insect
Calories | 96 ~ 153kcal |
Protein | 40 ~ 72% |
Fat | 16% |
Carbohydrate | 12% |
Calcium | 35 ~75mg |
Iron | 5mg |
Sustainability
Because insects are cold-blooded animals, they do not maintain body temperature and
can grow to an adequate size with small amounts of feed and water.
To get 1 kg of beef, you need 10 kg of feed. However, for insects, only 1.7 kg of feed is enough.
Global Warming
Greenhouse gas caused by raising livestock
18% of global emissions
100 times
Greenhouse gas from raising insects
0.18% of global emissions
Land conservation
For cows to produce the same amount of protein as insects?
Cows need 10 times as much land as insects.
Insects are highly reproductive and have no restrictions on the breeding environment.
Source: Rural Development Administration
Water conservation
Freshwater is used in 70% of agriculture worldwide.
To get 1kg of protein?
Cow
22,000L
Pig
3,500L
Chicken
2,300L
Insect
1L
Time-saving