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. 2023 Jan 10;28(2):699. doi: 10.3390/molecules28020699

Table 1.

Environmental impact of mealworms and cricket compared to other animal products.

Chicken Pork Beef Insects Reference
Water L/kg meat 2300 3500–22,000 43,000 40 [8,29]
Feed kg/kg live animal 2.5 5 10 1.7 [30]
Land ha/kg protein 2–3.5 2–3.5 10 1 [31]
CH4 emissions g/kg biomass n.r 1 1.9 114 0.1 [32,33]
CO2 emissions g/kg biomass n.r 1 79.6 285 7.6 [32,33]

1 n.r.: not reported.