Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects using a belt separator
AssigneeYnsect
InventorsSophie Laurent, Thibault Sarton Du Jonchay, Jean-Gabriel Levon, Ceclia Socolsky, Lorena Sanchez, Nathalie Berezina, Benjamin Armenjon, Antoine Hubert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating insects, comprising the separation of the cuticles from the soft part of the insects, wherein the separation is performed using a belt separator. The invention further relates to powders, in particular a powder obtainable by the method of treating insects according to the invention, and to the use of these powders in food.
Claims7
An insect solid fraction comprising at least 71% by weight proteins and 0.1-2% by weight chitin, said percentages by weight being expressed with respect to the total dry weight of said solid fraction, wherein at least 60% of soluble proteins of the solid fraction have a size less than 550 g/mol.
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