02292nas a2200289   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653001600113653001400129653001600143653001300159653002400172653002200196653002200218653001900240653001400259653002400273653001400297100001900311700001200330700001100342245008200353490000800435520154500443022001401988       2018                            d  c11/2018bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10aentomophagy10asilkworms10aBombyx mori10acrickets10aGryllus bimaculatus10aTeleogryllus emma10aAcheta domesticus10amini-livestock10anutrients10aViagra-like effects10abeondaegi1 aV Meyer-Rochow1 aS Ghosh1 aC Jung00aFarming of insects for food and feed in South Korea: tradition and innovation0 v1313 aEdible silkworm pupae, known in Korea as “beondaegi” and seen as a valuable byproduct  of the silk industry have been part of the local food spectrum for centuries. Edible crickets  on the other hand, represented in Korea primarily by the species Gryllus bimaculatus and  Teleogryllus emma as our research has shown, are relative newcomers and have been under  cultivation in Korea for no longer than about 20 years. Silkworm pupae on account of their  widely appreciated nutritional qualities can be obtained fresh at local vendors or in canned  form from most supermarkets. Recently when Viagra-like effects of silkworm extracts were  demonstrated in male rats, uses of silkworm pupae as material for the pharmaceutical  industry have been added to their role as a human food item. Edible crickets, however,  find their greatest acceptance as feed for domestic animals like pigs and poultry as well as  increasingly farmed fish. The amount of cricket flour as a protein-rich additive to conventional  flour types in the baking industry is expected to rise as is the number of farmed  crickets and people employed in the cricket farm sector, generally. The total amount of  crickets produced currently in Korea is dwarfed by the amount of 10 tons of silkworm  pupae annually, of which 2 tons are specifically reared for the purpose of food and feed. To  produce approximately 35,000 “beondaegi” 1 ton of mulberry leaf fodder is required, but 200,000 crickets can be reared on the equivalent of 100 kg wheat bran plus 80 kg of corn.  a0005-9366