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Dog food made from insects 18:57 - Feb 2 with 2196 viewsGavTWTD

I was in the pet shop the other day and saw a bag of dried dog food made from insects. I'd not seen this before and though it was about time and I look forward to us getting insect based products ourselves.

It always irritates me when this subject comes up on the TV and you see people eating whole insects putting people off but if its made into flour or some other ingredient then more people will get on board.

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Dog food made from insects on 19:02 - Feb 2 with 2163 viewsbazza

Does the life of an insect, have less value than the life of a chicken or a cow?

Asking for a termite..
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Dog food made from insects on 19:02 - Feb 2 with 2160 viewsGavTWTD

Perhaps I should have googled "insect flour" before posting as its available.

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Dog food made from insects on 19:04 - Feb 2 with 2128 viewsHARRY10

Can't say that would interest me chum

And a pal of mine races greyhounds... .......

.........always come last, he gets stuck in the trap

and even with this sort of stuff I doubt he would win a lot*





* that's enough now, ed
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Dog food made from insects on 19:04 - Feb 2 with 2131 viewsSwansea_Blue

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43786055.amp


My fish food contains insects. Although that’s the best bit, as it also contains fish meal. Imagine how well a flour made out of human meal would go down!
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Dog food made from insects on 19:07 - Feb 2 with 2101 viewsSlippinJimmyJuan

I remember a former workplace of mine having a large stock of cricket flour from https://www.crickethop.com/ and the reactions were much the same sadly. Lots of people terrified/repulsed to even go near the very inoffensive packaging. Having said that I remember a trend a bit further back of bugs being sold as snack replacements, I seem to remember trying the fried ants which tasted a lot like nutty bacon and were quite moreish.

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Dog food made from insects on 19:24 - Feb 2 with 2034 viewsLord_Lucan

I've eaten a lot of dodgy things, especially in China and I generally quite enjoy the experience, bat for example was blooming lovely.

Once though I bought a portion of insects off a vendor as they looked quite tasty and crunchy - but oh man! They were awful.

Never again! Same with snake, blooming horrible, full of thousands of little bones. I thought they would be like an eel, nice and chunky and delicious.

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Dog food made from insects on 19:29 - Feb 2 with 2024 viewsStokieBlue

I have no problem with eating whole insects but you're right, the route to mass adoption is as "filler", either as flour like you suggest or as a percentage of the protein in something like a burger.

I had a lovely cricket salsa in a Mexican place a while back, it was superb.

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Dog food made from insects on 21:07 - Feb 2 with 1898 viewsJ2BLUE

Er yea, you go ahead and I’ll just have some beans..

Truly impaired.
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Dog food made from insects on 21:12 - Feb 2 with 1891 viewsBloomBlue

Eat Grub is a bug food I've seen (quite) a lot in London.
https://www.eatgrub.co.uk/

I thought Sainsbury's were going to sell this, but not sure if they are still selling it or in which of their shops
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Dog food made from insects on 21:19 - Feb 2 with 1873 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Dog food made from insects on 19:02 - Feb 2 by GavTWTD

Perhaps I should have googled "insect flour" before posting as its available.


.....it's....

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Dog food made from insects on 21:19 - Feb 2 with 1873 viewsronnyd

Dog food made from insects on 21:12 - Feb 2 by BloomBlue

Eat Grub is a bug food I've seen (quite) a lot in London.
https://www.eatgrub.co.uk/

I thought Sainsbury's were going to sell this, but not sure if they are still selling it or in which of their shops


That stuff costs an arm and a leg.
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Dog food made from insects on 21:28 - Feb 2 with 1861 viewsMullet

I was given chilli flavoured crickets once by some colleagues who came over with them all gleeful, they were gutted I just wolfed them down. Think the novelty/repulsion factor will always make it hard to make them viable, but my lizard eats them and blooming loves them.

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Dog food made from insects on 21:55 - Feb 2 with 1822 viewsNthsuffolkblue

Dog food made from insects on 21:28 - Feb 2 by Mullet

I was given chilli flavoured crickets once by some colleagues who came over with them all gleeful, they were gutted I just wolfed them down. Think the novelty/repulsion factor will always make it hard to make them viable, but my lizard eats them and blooming loves them.


Are you sure chilli flavouring is OK for your lizard?

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Dog food made from insects on 22:00 - Feb 2 with 1807 viewsMullet

Dog food made from insects on 21:55 - Feb 2 by Nthsuffolkblue

Are you sure chilli flavouring is OK for your lizard?


Oh yeah, he likes em a bit more alive to be fair.

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Dog food made from insects on 22:07 - Feb 2 with 1791 viewsRyorry

Given that there are regular reports in the news about the alarming decline in the insect population, with potentially extremely serious consequences for bio-diversity and the food-chain we as humans depend on, I really don't understand this rush to eat insects as somehow a desirable alternative to meat.

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Dog food made from insects on 06:11 - Feb 3 with 1654 viewsElephantintheRoom

Dogs are opportunistic scavengers and will eat anything including sh!t. Horse sh!t in particular is a favourite as it is highly nutritious = horses can digest grass without eating their poo = but alas its considered a vice to let them eat the way god designed them…. So rather than insects, dogs should be fed horse poo based dog food.

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Dog food made from insects on 08:38 - Feb 3 with 1558 viewsclive_baker

Slight tangent but I met a bloke once who was launching a plant based vegan dog food. They do exist, but he was explaining the science to me and reckoned there’s a load of different nutrients and vitamins a dog needs in it’s food, and I think he said 13 out of 14 were possible in the plant based offerings but the belief was there was 1 missing that was hard to replace, but he was working with a product house to try and sort that. Not sure where he got with it, don’t think it ever launched.

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Dog food made from insects on 09:19 - Feb 3 with 1494 viewsJackNorthStand

Weird post
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Dog food made from insects on 09:30 - Feb 3 with 1483 viewsKrakenBlue

Dog food made from insects on 22:07 - Feb 2 by Ryorry

Given that there are regular reports in the news about the alarming decline in the insect population, with potentially extremely serious consequences for bio-diversity and the food-chain we as humans depend on, I really don't understand this rush to eat insects as somehow a desirable alternative to meat.


The brilliant thing about insects is that you can have an insect farm in your spare room and isn't any bigger than a filing cabnet.

Can't really say the same for other meats.
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Dog food made from insects on 09:51 - Feb 3 with 1467 viewsCotty

Dog food made from insects on 22:07 - Feb 2 by Ryorry

Given that there are regular reports in the news about the alarming decline in the insect population, with potentially extremely serious consequences for bio-diversity and the food-chain we as humans depend on, I really don't understand this rush to eat insects as somehow a desirable alternative to meat.


They're farming them, not catching them Ryorrers!
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Dog food made from insects on 10:15 - Feb 3 with 1431 viewsRyorry

Dog food made from insects on 09:51 - Feb 3 by Cotty

They're farming them, not catching them Ryorrers!


Well, then given the shortage, they should farm & release them, not farm & eat them!

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Dog food made from insects on 10:49 - Feb 3 with 1412 viewsCraigIT

Pet food is disgusting. We have a Cat. That food is bad enough. The Dog version is even worse.
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Dog food made from insects on 10:57 - Feb 3 with 1406 viewsRyorry

Dog food made from insects on 10:49 - Feb 3 by CraigIT

Pet food is disgusting. We have a Cat. That food is bad enough. The Dog version is even worse.


Sorry for you - the COL crisis is obviously hitting some a lot harder than others. Have you tried the Beko sustainable tuna in cardboard packs though? Smells lush ;/

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Dog food made from insects on 11:14 - Feb 3 with 1385 viewsDJR

Dog food made from insects on 09:51 - Feb 3 by Cotty

They're farming them, not catching them Ryorrers!


Just like artificial meat, and crops grown indoors, it all sounds a bit too "Brave New World" for me.
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