TY - JOUR
T1 - Framework for valorizing waste- and by-products through insects and their microbiomes for food and feed
AU - Muurmann, Asmus Toftkær
AU - Banovic, Marija
AU - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
AU - Sogari, Giovanni
AU - Limborg, Morten Tønsberg
AU - Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas
AU - Bahrndorff, Simon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s)
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - One third of the food produced for human consumption is currently lost or wasted. Insects have a high potential for converting organic waste- and by-products into food and feed for a growing human population due to symbiosis with microorganisms. These symbioses provide an untapped reservoir of functional microbiomes that can be used to improve industrial insect production but are poorly studied in most insect species. Here we review the most current understanding and challenges of valorizing organic waste- and by-products through insects and their microbiomes for food and feed, and emerging novel food technologies that can be used to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions. We further construct a holistic framework, by integration of novel food technologies including holo-omics, genome editing, breeding, phage therapy, and administration of prebiotics and probiotics to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions, and solutions for achieving stakeholder acceptance of novel food technologies for a sustainable food production.
AB - One third of the food produced for human consumption is currently lost or wasted. Insects have a high potential for converting organic waste- and by-products into food and feed for a growing human population due to symbiosis with microorganisms. These symbioses provide an untapped reservoir of functional microbiomes that can be used to improve industrial insect production but are poorly studied in most insect species. Here we review the most current understanding and challenges of valorizing organic waste- and by-products through insects and their microbiomes for food and feed, and emerging novel food technologies that can be used to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions. We further construct a holistic framework, by integration of novel food technologies including holo-omics, genome editing, breeding, phage therapy, and administration of prebiotics and probiotics to investigate and manipulate host(insects)-microbiome interactions, and solutions for achieving stakeholder acceptance of novel food technologies for a sustainable food production.
KW - Feed
KW - Food
KW - Insect
KW - Microbiome
KW - Stakeholder
KW - Sustainable development goal
KW - Waste conversion
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114358
DO - 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114358
M3 - Review
C2 - 38763642
AN - SCOPUS:85191844627
VL - 187
JO - Food Research International
JF - Food Research International
SN - 0963-9969
M1 - 114358
ER -