Guess we’ll go eat worms, and it’s not just because nobody likes us.
“C-fu,” a tofu-like protein made out of mealworms, has been developed by a four-person team led by Lee Cadesky, a graduate student at Cornell University’s Department of Food Science.
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Either way, Cadesky says, insects do not appear to feel pain “the way we do” and most people feel less guilty about eating one than, say, a cow.
Cadesky and his team created C-fu as part of the Thought For Food challenge, a competition devoted to finding ways to sustainably feed Earth’s population. The group made it to the finals, and will compete for the prize later this month.
