Let them eat crickets: insect chocolate

Eating crickets is a staple of any dystopia with a good bang for the buck – look no further than conspiracy theory website Natural News, which published this summer an apocalyptic-sounding piece titled "Welcome to your police state future: You will EAT CRICKETS and DRINK PEE on a floating prison barge."

Would sugar-coating – or rather covering cricket-flour bites in tasty outer layers make them more palatable? Intrepid members of the Expats.cz crew taste-tested a number of flavors from the Sens Crickets in chocolate line, with reviews coming up later in this article.

But first, why should we eat crickets? Other than matters of taste, are they safe to eat, and what kind of health benefits do they offer?

The proof is in the cricket flour

According to the article "Edible Crickets (Orthoptera) Around the World: Distribution, Nutritional Value, and Other Benefits—A Review," published in 2021 in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Nutrition, crickets are higher in protein than other animal meats, with a protein content ranging from 55 to 73 percent.

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