Hgrilled in a bun or larvae of the grain mold beetle in mixed bread? For many people, the idea of eating processed insects is nauseating. After the European Union approved the powder of the two types of insects as a novel food, many people fear eating such animals unknowingly, because theoretically they could be processed into bread, pasta, baking mixes, potato products and chocolate. Numerous bakeries in the Rhine-Main area report from customers who are concerned about this. Therefore, the bakers make it clear: There are no crickets in our bread.
“Our customers are relieved and reassured that they can continue to buy their bread from us without insects being processed in the flour.” also the baked goods from the closet bakery in the district of Wehen will in future contain crickets and beetle larvae. “Something like that doesn’t happen to us, our managing director said,” Bauer clarifies, and so that all interested customers know, the bakery has published a corresponding post on Facebook. “Insects are not baked in our bakery,” it says, and the comments are mostly positive. “Very good decision, just the idea of insects in food is completely disgusting,” writes one user, but another counters: “It wouldn’t bother me, you wouldn’t notice it anyway.”