Login or Sign up Stories Firehose All Popular Polls Deals Submit Search 146 Topics: Devices Build Entertainment Technology Open Source Science YRO Follow us: Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive Nickname: Password: 6-1024 characters long Public Terminal Log In Forgot your password? Sign in with Google Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Close Have you META-MODERATED today? Sign up for the Slashdot Daily Newsletter! DEAL: For $25 - Add A × Second Phone Number To Your Smartphone for life! Use promo code SLASHDOT25. Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? (globalnews.ca) Posted by BeauHD on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:30PM from the marvels-of-science dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Global News: It may not be everyone's cup of milk, but for years now, some researchers believe insect milk, like cockroach milk, could be the next big dairy alternative. A report in 2016 found Pacific Beetle cockroaches specifically created nutrient-filled milk crystals that could also benefit humans, the Hindustan Times reports. Others report producing cockroach milk isn't easy, either -- it takes 1,000 cockroaches to make 100 grams of milk, Inverse reports, and other options could include a cockroach milk pill. And although it has been two years since the study, some people are still hopeful. Insect milk, or entomilk, is already being used and consumed by Cape Town-based company Gourmet Grubb, IOL reports. Jarrod Goldin, [president of Entomo Farms which launched in 2014], got interested in the insect market after the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation in 2013 announced people around the world were consuming more than 1,900 insects. As his brothers were already farming insects for fishing and reptile use, Goldin thought it would be a smart business opportunity to focus on food. Goldin adds studies have shown cricket powder can be a high source of protein and B12. The PC version his company produces has 13 grams of protein per every 2 1/2 tbsps. Toronto-based registered dietitian Andy De Santis says for protein alternatives, insects are definitely in the playing field. According to ScienceAlert, Diploptera punctate is the only known cockroach to give birth to live young and has been shown to pump out a type of "milk" containing protein crystals to feed its babies. "The fact that an insect produces milk is pretty fascinating -- but what fascinated researchers is the fact that a single one of these protein crystals contains more than three times the amount of energy found in an equivalent amount of buffalo milk (which is also higher in calories than regular cow's milk)." Researchers are now working to replicate the crystals in the lab. They are working with yeast to produce the crystal in much larger quantities -- "making it slightly more efficient than extracting crystals from cockroach's guts," reports ScienceAlert. bug health science → Samsung Must Pay Apple $539 Million For Infringing iPhone Design Patents, Jury Finds Trump Is Pulling US Out of Paris Climate Deal: Sources Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders Google Conducted Hollywood 'Interventions' To Change Look of Computer Scientists US Births Dip To 30-Year Low Flat Earther Plans To Launch Homemade Manned Rocket Submission: Why Cockroach Milk Is the Ultimate 'Superfood' Facebook Accused of Conducting Mass Surveillance Through Its Apps Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? 46 More | Reply Login Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? Post Load All Comments S18e aFruchll 17416 A Cbbomremvieantetsd L1o1g H Iind/dCerneate an Account C/Soemaments Filter: AScllore: I5nsightful I4nformative I3nteresting F2unny 1The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. R0 e: (Score:3, Interesting) b-1y AHuxley ( 892839 ) B46o oMk oorfe L |e Rvietpiclyu sL, oDgeinuteronomy and other good books set out in easy to understand terms what is acceptable for h umans. ie But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. Nickname: RPea:s s(wScoorrde: :16-)1024 characters long by P Aunbolnicy mTeorums Cinoawl ard cockroach is insect and have six feets so is ok by jesus people bible book 1 hiLdodge Inn co mmFoerngott your password? Close CRleo:s (eScore:2) by Applehu Akbar ( 2968043 ) I've seen Temple of Doom. EVERYONE at that table was HINDU. I would rather have the chilled monkey brains. Wouldn't milking cockroaches be the ultimate labor-intensive job? I suppose we could make it a task for prisoners. Re: (Score:2) by Oswald McWeany ( 2428506 ) I've seen Temple of Doom. EVERYONE at that table was HINDU. I would rather have the chilled monkey brains. Wouldn't milking cockroaches be the ultimate labor-intensive job? I suppose we could make it a task for prisoners. I imagine it's very hard to find their nipples. Re: (Score:1) by michelcolman ( 1208008 ) The do indeed have six legs, but they also bear live offspring and feed them milk. Apart from them not being warm- blooded, that would almost make them mammals... Re: (Score:3) by stealth_finger ( 1809752 ) The do indeed have six legs, but they also bear live offspring and feed them milk. Apart from them not being warm- blooded, that would almost make them mammals... They would almost be mammals were they not insects and completely different. Re: (Score:2) by michelcolman ( 1208008 ) Well, dolphins are completely different from us as well, yet nobody has a problem calling them mammals instead of fish. It all depends on the definition. In fact, according to the Cambridge Dictionary [cambridge.org], these cockroaches are definitely mammals. "Mammal, noun, any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. " The American English version lower on that same page, adds "gives birth to babies. not eggs", so I guess Americans don't consider a platypus to be a mammal, but are still perfectl Re: (Score:2) by stealth_finger ( 1809752 ) Well, dolphins are completely different from us as well, yet nobody has a problem calling them mammals instead of fish. It all depends on the definition. In fact, according to the Cambridge Dictionary [cambridge.org], these cockroaches are definitely mammals. "Mammal, noun, any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. " Yeah but follow it on, from the same site animal noun something that lives and moves but is not a human, bird, fish, or insect: So we're back to roaches not being mammals. Re: (Score:1) by BeauHD (.) (349) ( 5423924 ) Get over it, powdered crickets are here to stay. Humans carbon footprints must be eliminated. By the end of this generation everybody will have an insect diet after they get over the psychological barriers. -=BeauHD=- 1 hidden comment Re: (Score:3) by Marlin Schwanke ( 3574769 ) Except for the the top .1%. They’ll continue to eat the rest of us for lunch just as they do now. Re: (Score:2) by Joce640k ( 829181 ) How much would 1.5 pounds of roach guano sell for? And, yes the chest was discarded afterwards. Discarded after you bagged up the poop. Got it. Re: Cockroach Milk (Score:2) by Type44Q ( 1233630 ) Humans carbon footprints must be eliminated. They'll be feeding powdered humans to crickets soon enough. Re: (Score:2) by DivineKnight ( 3763507 ) I think there is a group of wealthy scientists somewhere which is playing with the human race. "Let's make them eat plants...no, insects! The really nasty ones!" "Let's get them to abandon nuclear technology, and be at the mercy of the elements (we will call it 'green' technology)!" "Let's get them to carry a radio beacon everywhere they go!" "Let's get them to post their intimate details online, and promise not to sell / misuse them!" Re: (Score:2) by Marlin Schwanke ( 3574769 ) THEY’RE tapping the line. FTFY Nipples (Score:5, Funny) by goombah99 ( 560566 ) on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:10AM (#56670828) You can milk anything with nipples other than robert De Niro Reply to This Parent Share twitter facebook linkedin Flag as Inappropriate Re: (Score:2) by Oswald McWeany ( 2428506 ) You can milk anything with nipples other than robert De Niro Scientists are working on silicon breast implants for cockroaches; this will help people locate the nipples to milk. Re: (Score:2) by Darinbob ( 1142669 ) This reduces the chafing. THAT's the real story? (Score:2) by White Yeti ( 927387 ) The summary sounds like something Paula Poundstone would recite on "Wait wait... Don't tell me!" Re: (Score:2) by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) The summary sounds like something Paula Poundstone would recite on "Wait wait... Don't tell me!" I'll bet it is one of the articles they use on the guess the right story segment tomorrow. › Betteridge Law: No (Score:2) by UnknownSoldier ( 67820 ) Also, this has a massive freaking stigma to overcome. 1 hidden comment Re:Betteridge Law: No (Score:5, Funny) by goombah99 ( 560566 ) on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:44AM (#56670950) How many cockroaches are needed for a grande latte? One dustpan's worth. Reply to This Parent Share twitter facebook linkedin Flag as Inappropriate Re: (Score:1) by Anonymous Coward I just don't see the point here. There's already a bunch of plant-based alternatives that don't involved roaches (rice, soy, almond, quinoa, coconut, ect.). I like dairy products (and meat and eggs), and I get why there's this push to find alternatives, but this is a solved problem. As far as I can tell, the real issue here is the idea that things just have to involve something non-vegan.