{"id":426,"date":"2025-07-30T15:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/?p=426"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:15:27","slug":"milestone-in-portugal-insect-larvae-powder-tenebrio-molitor-gets-the-green-light-for-food-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/milestone-in-portugal-insect-larvae-powder-tenebrio-molitor-gets-the-green-light-for-food-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone in Portugal: Insect larvae powder (Tenebrio molitor) gets the green light for food user!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"426\" class=\"elementor elementor-426\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357cb14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"357cb14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9afcb5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9afcb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As reported by P\u00fablico, the authorisation covers larvae treated (with UV radiation and has been granted exclusively to the company Nutri\u2019Earth until 2030). The powder may be used in foods such as bread, biscuits, cheese and more! <br \/><br \/>At Social Bugs, this reinforces the importance of our mission: educating, training, and empowering vulnerable communities in insect farming as a pathway to sustainable livelihoods. <br \/>With national policies aligning with European innovation, we\u2019re one step closer to reshaping the food system for both people and the planet. <br \/><br \/>Source: <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dfZGa85M\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dfZGa85M<\/a><br \/><br \/>Learn more about the Social Bugs project at <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/d75g2dRy\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/d75g2dRy<\/a><br \/><br \/><a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23socialbugs&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>SocialBugs<\/a> <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23insectsasfood&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>InsectsAsFood<\/a> <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23foodinnovation&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>FoodInnovation<\/a> <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23circulareconomy&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>CircularEconomy<\/a> <a class=\"qZeTGqFRxixYywXeiJBKyqEkwEmzWYtTPNuLg \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23portugal&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">hashtag<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>Portugal<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7380b7b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7380b7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb28b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb28b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1972335.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by P\u00fablico, the authorisation covers larvae treated (with UV radiation and has been granted exclusively to the company Nutri\u2019Earth until 2030). The powder may be used in foods such as bread, biscuits, cheese and more! At Social Bugs, this reinforces the importance of our mission: educating, training, and empowering vulnerable communities in insect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social-bugs.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}