Are Insects the Future of Food?

Marcel Dickie and his wife

• usually have a rice dish with vegetables for dinner.

• eat insects for dinner because they taste like chicken.

• have insects for dinner about once a week.

• have three species of insects for dinner each week.

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Which of these sentences is TRUE?

• The species of insects for sale in the Netherlands are freeze-dried.

• The species of insects for sale in the Netherlands are from farms.

• You can buy many species of insects in the Netherlands.

• You can buy live edible insects in the Netherlands.

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Which of these dishes does NOT appear in Marcel Dickie's cookbook?

• Pancakes with mealworms.

• A quiche with mealworms.

• Chocolate topped with locusts.

• Chicken with bugs.

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According to Professor Marcel Dickie,

• eating insects might be a bit unusual.

• about 30 percent of the population eat insects on a regular basis.

• about 2 billion people want to eat insects regularly.

• about 30 percent of people do not know they are eating insects.

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Insects are the future of food because

• only 70% of all agricultural land is used to produce livestock.

• they need much less agricultural land than livestock.

• the land used to produce livestock will be limited to 70%.

• they are very expensive to produce on a large scale.

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Insects are a good alternative to regular meat because

• they have better quality protein.

• they are low in calories.

• they take little time to cook.

• they can be eaten frozen.

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From a biological point of view,

• lobsters, crickets, and shrimp are closely related.

• a lobster and a cricket are the same as a shrimp with wings and legs.

• lobsters and crickets are nicer than shrimps.

• when you look at a shrimp, you look at an insect.

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According to Marcel Dickie, if we could overcome the cultural aversion in the West to eating insects,

• the world population would eat less meat.

• dinner tables would be more enjoyable.

• the world population would eat less animal protein.

• new meats would be replaced on dinner tables.

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