Bugs can only be used as animal feed in Russia, Yulia Ogloblina has said<\/p>\n
Food products made out of insects will never be offered to the Russian people, the deputy head of the parliament\u2019s agriculture committee, Yulia Ogloblina, has said. This can only happen in the EU, where the farming industry is in decline, she added.
\nLast February, the European Commission approved a new food ingredient for human consumption made from dried and ground mealworm larvae, the young form of beetles. The move became part of the bloc\u2019s plan to introduce more sustainable protein sources, which allows up to 4% of the insect-based powder in products such as bread, cheese, pasta, and jams.
\nOgloblina told TASS on Tuesday that \u201cin Russia, we have never eaten and will never eat insects. Never\u2026 It\u2019s out of the question. I\u2019m saying this solemnly.\u201d Bugs are used \u201cexclusively as feed for fish and animals,\u201d she added.
\nThe Russian authorities will not change their stance on the issue regardless of the findings of any studies into alternative sources of protein, the MP said.<\/p>\n
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The approval of insect-based food products in Western Europe \u201conly confirms that their agriculture is in shambles… It\u2019s so bad that they are now saying: \u2018We should be eating crickets, bugs and spiders,\u2019\u201d she said.
\n\u201cThank God, everything is fine here. We have plenty of land. That\u2019s why we are sticking to our real Russian food,\u201d Ogloblina stressed.
\nLast year, the head of the St. Petersburg Institute of Management and Food Technologies, Olga Ponomareva, said that sweet bars and yogurts with insect-based proteins could hit the shelves in Russia in the next three to five years, but in order for that to happen \u201ccultural prejudices must be overcome and effective methods of processing and achieving food safety developed.\u201d\u00a0
\nUnlike in Europe, insects have long been part of diets in Africa, Asia and Latin America. People in countries such as Mexico and Thailand regularly consume crickets, grasshoppers, and beetle larvae.<\/p>\n
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The breeding of black soldier flies was added to the list of approved agricultural activities in Russia in 2023. However, the authorities specified that products made from them were only intended as animal feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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