{"id":61593,"date":"2021-01-28T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?page_id=61593"},"modified":"2023-07-28T23:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T21:19:37","slug":"insects-as-food-and-feed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Insects as food and feed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insects as a sustainable protein source have a growing importance as protein requirement of the word is increasing. Insects and their derived products \u2013 excluding live insects \u2013 that are intended to be used in animal feed are considered as\u00a0animal by-products and allowed for use only in the feed of aquatic<strong>&#8211;<\/strong> and pet animals. According to the recommendation of the European Food Safety Authorities, the following species are eligible for farming purposes (EU Regulation No 2017\/893): black soldier fly, common housefly, yellow mealworm, lesser mealworm, house cricket, banded cricket, and field cricket. It should be noted that the fed ban\u00a0does not apply to\u00a0whole live insects nor to insect-derived fats.<\/p> <p>Insects seem to have several positive health effects, such as the antibacterial proteins, which have an enhancing effect on the immune system. The chitin and lauric acid content \u2013 which is very high in black solder fly larvae \u2013 have positive effects on the gut microbes by reducing the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria and increasing the beneficial ones.\u00a0 Whole insects, their preparations, and other derived products are qualified as \u2018novel food\u2019 under EU Regulation 2015\/2283, which has become applicable on 1 January 2018.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Lecturer:<\/strong> Nikoletta Het\u00e9nyi, DVM, PhD<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Minimal previous course requirements:\u00a0<\/strong>not required<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insects as a sustainable protein source have a growing importance as protein requirement of the word is increasing. Insects and their derived products \u2013 excluding live insects \u2013 that are intended to be used in animal feed are considered as\u00a0animal by-products and allowed for use only in the feed of aquatic&#8211; and pet animals. According<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2518,"featured_media":0,"parent":676,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-courses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Insects as a sustainable protein source have a growing importance as protein requirement of the word is increasing. Insects and their derived products \u2013 excluding live insects \u2013 that are intended to be used in animal feed are considered as\u00a0animal by-products and allowed for use only in the feed of aquatic&#8211; and pet animals. According\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnivetHU\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-28T21:19:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNIVET_Budapest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/\",\"name\":\"Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-28T09:03:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-28T21:19:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Kezd\u0151lap\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Education\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Courses\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/oktatas\/kurzusok\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Insects as food and feed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/\",\"name\":\"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\",\"description\":\"Since 1787\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNIVET-logo-2017-P2350C.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNIVET-logo-2017-P2350C.jpeg\",\"width\":1375,\"height\":1375,\"caption\":\"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnivetHU\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNIVET_Budapest\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","og_description":"Insects as a sustainable protein source have a growing importance as protein requirement of the word is increasing. Insects and their derived products \u2013 excluding live insects \u2013 that are intended to be used in animal feed are considered as\u00a0animal by-products and allowed for use only in the feed of aquatic&#8211; and pet animals. According","og_url":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/","og_site_name":"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnivetHU\/","article_modified_time":"2023-07-28T21:19:37+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@UNIVET_Budapest","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/","url":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/","name":"Insects as food and feed - University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-01-28T09:03:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-28T21:19:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/courses\/insects-as-food-and-feed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Kezd\u0151lap","item":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Education","item":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Courses","item":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/oktatas\/kurzusok\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Insects as food and feed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/","name":"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","description":"Since 1787","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#organization","name":"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest","url":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNIVET-logo-2017-P2350C.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNIVET-logo-2017-P2350C.jpeg","width":1375,"height":1375,"caption":"University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UnivetHU\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UNIVET_Budapest"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174553,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61593\/revisions\/174553"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}