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| Oddity Central - Collecting OdditiesBrazilian Scientists Bake Bread Out of Cockroach Flour
The VICE interview doesn't reveal how the two scientists turn the cockroaches in to flour, I think it's fair to assume that the insects are dried and then finely ground into a fine flour-like powder. This then mixed with regular mixed flour to create baked goods like bread with a considerable protein content. Lucas and Menegon conducted a study and found that a bread containing just 10% cockroach flour presented a protein increase of 49.16 percent, when compared to bread made only with wheat flour.