食用昆虫营养价值评述

Review on Nutritive Value of Edible Insects

昆虫作为一种重要的生物资源，尚未被充分地开发利用。在人类进化过程中，食用昆虫利用有十分悠久的历史。本文在分析研究昆虫的营养价值的基础上，对食用昆虫的营养价值作了较全面的评述。分析研究表明：昆虫含有丰富的蛋白质（２０％ ～７０％ ）、氨基酸（３０％ ～６０％ ）、脂肪（１０％ ～５０％ ）及脂肪酸，一定量的糖类（２％ ～１０％ ）、矿物元素、维生素，以及其它对人体有很好保健作用的活性物质。作为蛋白质资源，昆虫的营养价值可以与其它动植物资源相媲美，可作为食品资源开发利用。昆虫具有物种丰富、种群数量大等特征，作为营养资源具有广阔的应用前景和巨大的开发潜力。

As an important biological resource,insect resources have not been fully used and developed.Based on analysis and study,the nutritive value of edible insects was reviewed.The results showed that insects have rich protein (20%～70%),amino acid (30%～60%),fat(10%～50%),fatty acid,carbohydrate (2%～10%),mineral elements,vitamins and other activated elements which are good for human’s health.As protein resources,the nutritive value of edible insects is as good as animal and plant resources.Insects have feature of rich species and great population amount,therefore as nutritive resources,edible insects can be widely used and have a great development potentiality.