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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Ingredients
- Cricket Protein Powder
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Highlights
Cricket Powder has:
- 60% protein by volume
- Pre-biotic Fiber - nutrition for probiotics - used as an antimicrobial gut agent
- 26 mcg B12/ 100 grams (Beef has 1-2mcg/100grams)
- High in iron and calcium
- Low in fat
- All 9 essential amino acids
- Omega 6:3 ratio of 3:1
- Crickets are raised on farms specifically for human consumption and are fed using high quality grain.
Crickets and Cricket Powder offer protein with all nine essential amino acids, prebiotic fiber (nutrients for probiotics), they are very high in antioxidants, a strong and very bio-available source of B12, a perfect Omega 3:6 balance, Calcium, Zinc, Iron and more.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Product Applications
Cricket Powder opens a whole new frontier in baked goods. Add cricket powder to regular baking flour (4-parts baking flour to 1-part cricket powder) and you can make high protein donuts, bread with pre-biotic fiber, cake that’s high in antioxidants and much more.
Properties
- Nutritional Information
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Energy | 150 | Cal | - |
| Energy (Fat) | 45 | Cal | - |
| Total Fat | 5 | g | - |
| Saturated Fat | 2 | g | - |
| Trans Fat | 0 | g | - |
| Cholesterol | 100 | mg | - |
| Potassium Content | 1.1 | g | - |
| Sodium Content | 130 | mg | - |
| Total Carbohydrate | 3 | g | - |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 | g | - |
| Sugars | 0 | g | - |
| Protein Content | 25 | g | - |
| Vitamin A | 0 | % | - |
| Vitamin C | 0 | % | - |
| Calcium Content | 8 | % | - |
| Iron Content | 15 | % | - |
| Vitamin B12 | 483 | % | - |
Packaging & Availability
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 1 Year, 6 - 12 months
- Shelf Life
- 6 - 12 Months sealed and resealed
- Shelf life mostly depends upon humidity. Kept dry, crickets and cricket powder can last for over a year even if the container has been opened.