Not a deep dive, but here goes:
Here is the company. https://essento.ch/insect-burger/
Chitin is a structural component of the exoskeletons and midguts of arthropods: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31102247/
Arthropod examples: ants, dragonflies, and bees, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, crabs, lobsters, shrimp
It seems like chitins are generally undigestible by humans. There is one main study that says they are but it appears to be corporate-sponsored by someone and many articles just repeating it.
Chitins cause lots of airway allergies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29959948/ (e.g. think shellfish allergy) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17826333/ and others
#chitin #chitins
Here is the company. https://essento.ch/insect-burger/
Chitin is a structural component of the exoskeletons and midguts of arthropods: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31102247/
Arthropod examples: ants, dragonflies, and bees, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, crabs, lobsters, shrimp
It seems like chitins are generally undigestible by humans. There is one main study that says they are but it appears to be corporate-sponsored by someone and many articles just repeating it.
Chitins cause lots of airway allergies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29959948/ (e.g. think shellfish allergy) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17826333/ and others
#chitin #chitins
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