Dairy-free: Are you ready for insect butter?

Belgian researchers make cake with butter from bugs instead of cows

Last updated: March 08, 2020 | 10:10

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Dr. Daylan Tzompa Sosa from the University of Ghent prepares cake mixture made with fat from black soldier fly larvae.

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Black soldier fly larvae and a piece of cake are displayed next to extracted fat at Ghent University, Belgium.

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Dr. Joachim Schouteten from the University of Ghent poses with a cricket between his teeth at Ghent University, Belgium.

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Dr. Daylan Tzompa Sosa holds a handful of crickets at Ghent University, Belgium.

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Yellow mealworms and black soldier fly larvae are displayed next to extracted oil and fat.

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Black soldier fly larvae and a piece of cake are displayed at Ghent University.

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Dr. Daylan Tzompa Sosa from the University of Ghent poses with a black soldier fly larva between her teeth at Ghent University, Belgium.

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