A growing number of companies are selling products with insects - most commonly crickets and mealworms but others also. We dont really know what the allergenicity risks are.
Has anyone investigated this?
In many regions of Mexico people have a habit of eating insects and this has been doing it for several centuries. To date, there are no data available in that regard, studies that have investigated on food allergy have not shown that insects appear as a product related to allergic discomfort.
Hello, there are very few studies done so far. I recommend to you:
- Edible insects. Future prospects for food and feed security. Arnold van Huis, Joost Van Itterbeeck, Harmke Klunder , Esther Mertens, Afton Halloran, G. M. and P. V. (2013): chapter 10.3 is about allergies;
- Influence of processing and in vitro digestion on the allergic cross-reactivity of three mealworm species. Broekhoven, S. Van, Bastiaan-net, S., Jong, N. W. De, & Wichers, H. (2015); Van Broekhoven, S., Bastiaan-Net, S., De Jong, N. W., & Wichers, H. J. Food Chemistry, 196(October), 1075–1083.
- Identification of novel allergen in edible insect, Gryllus bimaculatus and its cross-reactivity with Macrobrachium spp. allergens. Srinroch, C., Srisomsap, C., Chokchaichamnankit, D., Punyarit, P., & Phiriyangkul, P. (2015). Food Chemistry, 184, 160–166.
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