Edible insect companies are moving into the mainstream with supermarkets increasingly stocking their wares and investors pumping cash into insect farming startups like Ynsect and Protix. But can they overcome the "yuck factor"?
“Urgh. I can’t. I’d have to close my eyes,” says a woman inching backwards from a bowl of pasta topped with mealworms. Edible insects is not everyone's cup of tea.
Jimini's mealworms on top of pasta on offer at the Hello Tomorrow tech conference
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