This may be a bit of a conceptual vs purpose difference, but I would certainly not put insects as a good alternative even on simple moral grounds. Eg, it is likely not the type of alternative protein I’d be looking for.
Thanks for your comment! Personally, I wouldn’t consider insects as a desirable alternative protein either, especially on moral grounds. However, they are very frequently included in the scientific literature on alternative proteins, and I think that’s actually part of the value of this paper: by explicitly incorporating the ethical dimension (alongside environmental, scalability, and consumer acceptability criteria), it helps highlight why insects stand apart from other alternative proteins in ways that a purely environmental or technical comparison would miss.
More broadly, the paper shows that insects are not a desirable option compared to other alternative proteins across most dimensions considered. I think this also constitutes a good argument for no longer including them in this category, as is still commonly done in the current literature.
This may be a bit of a conceptual vs purpose difference, but I would certainly not put insects as a good alternative even on simple moral grounds. Eg, it is likely not the type of alternative protein I’d be looking for.
Thanks for your comment! Personally, I wouldn’t consider insects as a desirable alternative protein either, especially on moral grounds. However, they are very frequently included in the scientific literature on alternative proteins, and I think that’s actually part of the value of this paper: by explicitly incorporating the ethical dimension (alongside environmental, scalability, and consumer acceptability criteria), it helps highlight why insects stand apart from other alternative proteins in ways that a purely environmental or technical comparison would miss.
More broadly, the paper shows that insects are not a desirable option compared to other alternative proteins across most dimensions considered. I think this also constitutes a good argument for no longer including them in this category, as is still commonly done in the current literature.