Insect based foods tend to apply to alternative protein grants—although the share of the insect market dedicated to meat substitutes is very small.
From what I’ve seen, The Good Food Institute doesn’t include insects in their definition of alternative proteins (since, well, they are animal proteins).
It also wouldn’t be very strategic to include insects in the list since they perform worse than plant based alternatives from an environmental and, most importantly, acceptability standpoint. I’m on mobile so I don’t have a source right now but it was from a Smetana 2023 paper on meat substitutes iirc.
Oh, that’s a good catch.
Insect based foods tend to apply to alternative protein grants—although the share of the insect market dedicated to meat substitutes is very small. From what I’ve seen, The Good Food Institute doesn’t include insects in their definition of alternative proteins (since, well, they are animal proteins).
It also wouldn’t be very strategic to include insects in the list since they perform worse than plant based alternatives from an environmental and, most importantly, acceptability standpoint. I’m on mobile so I don’t have a source right now but it was from a Smetana 2023 paper on meat substitutes iirc.