ANTS EDIBLE INSECTS IN THE WORLD IMPORTANT SOURCES OF PROTEINS

• 作 者: V.Melo.[1]HerreraM.C.[2]RiveroJ.[2]AlfaroA[3]BarreraM.J.[3]UAM-X;
• 机 构: Calz.del Hueso 1100, Col.Villa Quietud, Del.Coyoacán,
• 出 处: 第十四届世界食品科技大会
• 发表日期: 2008年期

　　Ants ethnic food commonly consumed in rural communities,now become popular in many countries of Africa,Asia,Oceania and Latin America at elegant restaurants.Insects valued as a cheap source of fresh proteins nowadays are part of the regular diet whenever they are on season.Chicatana ant common name in Mexico,the winged females are collected as they swarm from the nest by thousands on their mating flights during the early part of the rainy season.The portion eaten is the abdomen which when salted and roasted tastes like crackly bacon.