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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