Deep processing of insect food silkworm

Deep processing of insect food silkworm

As a Zhejiang native, the author's understanding of silkworms is that it combines silk and food value. With the gradual improvement of people's economic conditions, the effect of silkworm silk weaving is not very useful in ordinary people. If there are many silkworms, they can be braised, fried, fried, etc. like ordinary vegetables; Only, you can directly cook the fire, no seasoning is also very good. Inspired by this method of eating, some companies use the quick-freezing equipment to freeze the silkworm cocoons, and then transport them to the place where the silkworm cocoons are eaten through the cold chain. For those who cannot accept the shape of silkworm cocoons, further deep processing is needed to make the silkworm cocoon food lose its original insect form to gain more people's love.

As a country that has accepted insect foods, Italy has seen the current situation of the scarcity of insect deep processing food market in China, so there are businesses thinking about bringing insect products into China. They found that only silkworm cocoons were recognized by the state in China, so they used silkworm cocoons as raw materials to make snack foods similar to potato chips by making thin slices of fried food. They also made sufficient research and tests on the taste and finally selected spicy food. Five flavors such as onion. The silkworm coco chips appeared on the roadshow of the BitsxBties startup project in Shanghai. The appearance of this product is more like a test of the existing food structure in China. The specific market effect remains to be seen.

Silkworms are rich in nutrients, so that it is combined with other items and there is no pressure. A research center in Suzhou planted Cordyceps into the silkworm pupa and cultivated silkworm Cordyceps. This Cordyceps and Wild Cordyceps have the same effect, but the price is several times lower, which is a good therapeutic material. So it stops? No, this research center subsequently developed a silkworm locust capsule and a silkworm Cordyceps concentrate in cooperation with Shanghai Tongji University. Silkworm Cocoon capsules are used as health foods, while silkworm Cordyceps concentrates can be used as raw materials for rice wine production lines to produce health yellow rice wine.

As the pace of the times accelerates, ready-to-eat products are getting hotter. Nowadays, there is a smart silkworm Cordyceps health tea extraction system that is as convenient as a coffee machine. This equipment is designed based on silkworm, Cordyceps militaris. After extraction, the nutrients of silkworm Cordyceps can be more fully absorbed. One day in the future, perhaps a cup of tea you can order on your way to work is silkworm cocoon tea.

Not only that, silkworms can be used to make wine after growing up, using male silkworm moth as the main raw material, by extracting other nutrients such as protein, fat, hormone and other nutrients from silkworm moth, and then deodorizing, decolorizing, deodorizing and other processes. As a raw material for brewing wine, the wine added to the male silk moth has a high nutrition and nourishing effect, adding another member to the health food industry.

The insect series came to an end here. When I searched the data, I found that although there are more than 1900 kinds of edible insects, because the protein shortage is not serious, the insect food industry only gathers a few people’s eyes. These diverse insects usually only have the simplest way to eat dishes, and there are few deep-processed products, which directly leads to serious regional differences in insect consumption. However, the fast-opening insect food market in Europe also gives us an opportunity to see the development of insect deep-processed food. I believe that with the further development of insect breeding and deep processing equipment, more people of insight will say “YES” to insect food. .