Italian food: Insect pasta divides diners - BBC News

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Despite opposition, insect-based food products are on the rise in Europe.

The process is simple: insects are frozen, boiled, dried, and then pulverised. The resultant powder can be used to make up foods like pasta.

This powder is a superfood packed with vitamins, fibre, minerals and amino acids. One plate contains higher sources of iron and magnesium, for example, than a regular sirloin steak.

But what about the taste? The BBC’s Sofia Bettiza found out.