Acridids' nutritional and biological values: Application potential

Abstract

The article considers the issue of destruction and processing of killed locust and their prospects to be used in food industries. In the Republic of Kalmykia and Volgograd region, the problem of protecting the crop from insects, namely, locusts, is extremely acute. Today, a mobile electro-impulse unit (its effect is lethal for insects) is effectively applied in the fight against locusts. In our research, the killed locust specimens were processed and subsequently experimentally studied. The samples' physicochemical and amino acid compositions have been determined. An increased protein content of processed locust specimens has been established and their application potential for the food industry has been predicted.