Rich in protein and low in fat, Insect Burgers on sale at Jumbo supermarkets in 400 stores across the Netherlands, 2015.

• Contributor: Nick Gammon / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: EW842R
• File size: 103.4 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 7360 x 4912 px | 62.3 x 41.6 cm | 24.5 x 16.4 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 5 February 2015
• Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Jumbo, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands, has started selling burgers made of buffalo worms The store says the eating of insects is not only a healthy and good alternative to factory farming, but also does something to alleviate food shortages world-wide. According to the UN, Insects such as wasps, grasshoppers, meal worms and caterpillars already form an integral or supplementary part of up to two billion people’s diets.