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On Thursday, Nov. 23, Finland’s Frazer Bakeries made the first dried cricket bread in the world available to consumers. The insect-based bread’s main ingredients include flour produced from ground crickets, wheat flour, and seeds. There are approximately 70 crickets in each load of bread, and it costs more than a regular loaf of wheat bread.
The movement towards a more humane treatment of animals while searching for alternative food sources led to the suggestion of using insects as a food source. Several countries in the Western hemisphere pushed through with this recommendation. Finland was among the six countries in Europe which allowed insect farming and advertising as an alternative food base. Countries that passed a similar law include Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, and the Netherlands.