https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187490 Fri, 08 May 2026 01:07:18 GMT 2026-05-08T01:07:18Z https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/195278 Perspective Chapter: Technological Strategies to Increase Insect Consumption – Transformation of Commodities Meal and Oil into Food/Functional Ingredients Villanueva, Valeria; Ruiz, Yanelis; Valdés, Fabrizzio; Sepúlveda, Marcela; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina Paz Insects have been proposed as an alternative source of nutrients to conventional foods, mainly protein sources because they have excellent nutritional quality and are sustainable. However, there are multiple barriers to mass consumption of insects, primarily the rejection and neophobia they provoke in individuals from Western cultures. Several studies have indicated that the acceptance of insects as food ingredients could be improved “if insects did not look like insects.” Therefore, the focus of current research is to transform commodity-type ingredients such as insect flour and oil through various technologies applied in the food industry such as protein concentration, encapsulation, hydrolysis, fermentation, deodorization, to develop food ingredients with better sensory and technological properties are better accepted by people as a part of their diet. Interestingly, some food ingredients obtained from insects also have functional properties that could increase interest in consumption. These aspects will be reviewed in this chapter for further consideration of insects as food ingredients of the future. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/195278 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187538 Linfocitos Vergara Castillo, José Ulises; Palomo, Iván Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187538 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187536 Leucopoyesis Alarcón, Marcelo; Espinoza, Carolina; Fuentes, Eduardo; Vergara Castillo, José Ulises; Palomo, Iván Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/187536 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z