Mealworms Added to Your Food Will Help 'Save the Planet' Say EU Officials.
The grotesque march of so-called “novel foods” continues, with Brussels now sanctioning the mass inclusion of insect larvae in everyday supermarket staples, all to 'save the planet'.
Yes, you read that correctly. Your morning bread, your comforting bowl of pasta, and even your cheese might soon contain mashed-up insect larvae. This stomach-churning development comes as the European Commission has given the green light for whole Tenebrio molitor larvae powder – better known as yellow mealworms – to be legally marketed across the continent. This follows an alarming trend that has already seen locusts, lesser mealworms, and house crickets creep into the EU’s food supply.
What does this mean for consumers? Without your knowledge, you could soon be sinking your teeth into a pastry made from mashed up mealworm larva, sipping on a dairy product thickened with maggots, or unknowingly spreading a mealworm-infused cheese on your toast.
The EU claims that these innovations are needed to address 'food shortages', despite farming yields continually rising year on year for decades. The introduction of insect-based foods is being fast-tracked, with companies like France’s Nutri’Earth poised to dominate this nauseating market. They alone will control the sale of yellow grub meal for the first five years, enjoying a monopoly on the production of pulverised insect matter hidden in our everyday foods.
What’s more disturbing is the dismissive attitude towards legitimate concerns. When conservative voices in the European Parliament attempted to challenge this creeping horror, their motion was struck down. Consumers are left voiceless as unappetising, wriggling larvae are turned into powder and slipped into what used to be familiar and trusted foods.
Beyond the immediate revulsion factor, what about food safety? The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rubber-stamped this aberration as “safe,” yet no one seems to be discussing the long-term effects of mass insect consumption on human health. Will allergens be an issue? What about the potential for parasites, bacteria, or unknown toxins within these unnatural additions to our diet? A growing number of independent studies all report that these insects carry toxins that represent a real risk to human health.
So, next time you take a bite of your favourite baked good, read the label carefully. You might just be munching on the ground-up remains of some type of wriggling larvae – and Brussels wants you to think that’s perfectly normal even though it is most definitely not.
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