Acheta domesticus crickets are also called house cricket, is crickets mostly likely native to Southwestern Asia, but has spread worldwide. Those crickets are industrially bred as food not only for the pets like birds, fish and reptiles but also for human consumption. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, insects like mealworms, crickets and grasshoppers are nutritional powerhouses. They are high in protein, unsaturated fat, dietary fiber, vitamins and essential minerals. Crickets contain at 12.9 grams of protein per 100 grams about half the protein of chicken and beef, which contain about 25 grams of protein per 100 grams of meat. Not only are crickets high nutritious, but cricket flour/powder have been noted to be a sustainable and environmentally friendly source of protein. Since crickets reproduce quickly, are easy to maintain and don’t require huge farm spaces. cricket powder is a product that is simple to produce and thus is an inexpensive and sustainable way to feed the world’s growing population. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has for years recommended the consumption of insects such as crickets and grasshoppers owing to their high protein, vitamin and mineral content.

A new European legislation will allow the sale of insects for human consumption from 2018 onwards - although countries such as Belgium, Holland and Denmark have already independently approved such sales. Insects like crickets will easily get the green light because it has been consumed in many countries for many years, while for others like scorpions it will be more difficult．

There is no doubt that crickets flour would have a big market in the future. However, how to efficiently dry the crickets and produce a hygiene human consumption crickets become an important issue. MAX Industrial Microwave drying machine enable to quickly dry the crickets as well as pasteurize the crickets to meet with edible standards. The whole processing only takes few minutes, then you could milling the crickets to powder/flour for package. Microwave heating energy effectively control bacteria amount. There is not necessarily to add extra sterilization machine, which achieve one stop solution.

The Third Party pasteurization report is also available to share with you right now. Our testing reports includes final moisture content, aerobic plate count, Coliforms, E.coli, Yeast, Mould and salmonella. All the testing standards follow with ISO international standard to assure the crickets flour hygiene. The moisture content of material would be lower enough to milling to powder and store.Thus, we would be safe to sell and consume the cricket flour products.

The whole processing does not produce unexpected air or hazardous water which is environmentally friendly machine. We are able to manufacture different capacity machine to meet with small insects’ company and large farm demands.

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