COCKROACH MILK MAY BE THE NEXT SUPERFOOD
It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but scientists say cockroach milk could become a new superfood.
Insect dairy could be the next big thing on supermarket shelves and in our diets. Scientists say insect milk
could be a perfect non-dairy alternative to cow's milk, no matter how hard it might be for people to accept milk
from bugs. Scientists studied the nutritional value of the milk from the Pacific Beetle cockroach. They
discovered that the milk was much richer in nutrients than dairy milk. Scientists said: "A single crystal [of
cockroach milk] is estimated to contain more than three times the energy of an equivalent mass of dairy milk."
The crystals were also full of amino acids and proteins.
Most cockroaches do not actually produce milk. The Pacific Beetle cockroach is the only one known to feed
milk to its young. However, milking enough cockroaches to satisfy a growing human population clearly isn't as
easy as milking cows. An alternative is to try and replicate the milk in a lab using stem cell technology, and
then turn this technique into a large-scale industrial process. A South African company called Gourmet Grubb
has already started selling insect-milk ice cream. It says the milk is, "a sustainable, nature-friendly, nutritious,
lactose-free, delicious, guilt-free dairy alternative of the future". It won't be too long before other companies
jump on the bug-milk bandwagon.
PREGUNTAS!!!
1) What drink did the article compare people's liking for cockroach milk to?
a) almond milk
b) soy milk
c) juice
d) tea
2) Where could we see insect dairy in the future?
a) schools
b) on supermarket shelves
c) in top restaurants
d) coffee shops
3) What could insect milk be a perfect substitute for?
a) almond milk
b) soy milk
c) cow's milk
d) camel's milk
4) How many times more energy than cow's milk did cockroach milk have?
a) over three times more
b) over four times more
c) over 30 times more
d) two times more
5) What were cockroach milk crystals full of?
a) folic acid
b) acetic acid
c) amino acids
d) sulphuric acid
6) How many types of cockroach are known to produce milk?
a) seven
b) one
c) dozens
d) 83
7) What technology could be used to reproduce cockroach milk?
a) molecular technology
b) hybrid technology
c) nanotechnology
d) stem cell technology
8) What insect-milk product is a South African company producing?
a) ice cream
b) butter
c) yoghurt
d) milk shakes
9) What two things is the South African product free from?
a) cholesterol and taste
b) lactose and taste
c) lactose and guilt
d) nature and guilt
10) What might other companies jump on?
a) a bus
b) a bandwagon
c) a cockroach
d) a chance
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