Facebook with Latestnigeriannews  Twieet with latestnigeriannews  RSS Page Feed
Home  |  All Headlines  |  Punch  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Vanguard   |  Guardian  |  The Nation  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent
World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  More Channels...

Viewing Mode:

Archive:

  1.     Tool Tips    
  2.    Collapsible   
  3.    Collapsed     
Click to view all Entertainment headlines today

Click to view all Sports headlines today

4 ways your dinner will look different in 2025

Published by Business Insider on Fri, 04 Dec 2015


Today's lunch menu: Termitetacos sprinkledwith algae, and a seaweed sidesalad. For dessert: banana bread made with cricket flour.This is what our meals in 2025 couldlook like, according to a new reportfrom Wrap, the UK government'sagency that combats food waste.Agriculture in is responsible for15% of all greenhouse emissions, withhalf of these emissions comingfrom livestock. These meat and dairyalternatives could be a big help in combating that pollution.Fried insects take center stage.Critters like grasshoppers and crickets are efficient sources of protein.You can eat up to 80% of an insect's body, compared to 55% for a chicken and 40% for a cow. Insects also emit 80 times less methane (a greenhouse gas that has25 times more impact on global warming than carbon dioxide) than livestock.If you stillcan't get over the "ew" factor, consider insects' nutritional value. Caterpillars actually contain 1 gram more of protein per serving than lean ground beef. The taste isn't necessarily bad. Like most friedfoods, fried crickets and caterpillars tend to taste more likethe oil you cook them in.Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie toldNew York Magazine that her kids "eat cricketslike Doritos" since they "taste just like potato chips." Another brave reviewer from io9 tried fried caterpillars, and said they have a "wonderful, crunchy texture."Microalgae could be used as a dairy supplement.If bugs don't sound appetizing, Wrap saysmicroalgae, which isrich in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, is also in our future. A health foods companycalled "Nature's Way" sells algae capsules to take with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Microalgae can also be usedto replace ingredients in foods.A California-based company calledSolazyme, for example, created a line of dairy, egg, and oil substitutes using microalgae.Fermented fungi replaces meat.Another alternative that potentially hasawider appeal ismycoprotein, which is just a fancyword for fermented fungi.Mycoprotein is already available in some frozen food aisles, under the name Quorn Foods.Founded in 1985, Quorn currently produces around 22,000 tons of 91 different mycoprotein products per year.The companysells itemslike slices of fake chorizo,hot and spicy burgers, BBQ chicken bites, and even pepperoni pizza. The demand for Quorn's productsis up 30% this year in the US, Wrap reports.The FDA approved mycoprotein over a decade ago, but skeptics still worry it causes allergic reactions, the Washington Post reports.Fake and lab-grown "meat" also take onmeat.Out of all the alternatives, syntheticmeat, whether it's made from plants or in a lab, may taste the closest to the real thing.Thefauxmeat startupBeyond Meatis already experimenting with soy-based "chicken" strips and taco-style ground "beef." Another company, Impossible Foods,announcedthat itwillrelease a100% plant-based cheeseburger to the public by 2016. These "meats" require only 1% of the land and 55% of the energy needed to farm beef.Other food scientists are growing meat in petri dishes.In 2013, aprofessor from Maastricht University in the Netherlands created a five-ounce hamburger patty from billions of lab-grown cells. Several food critics tried it, with one from the BBC concluding "this is meat to me; it's not falling apart."Wrap'sreport sayslarge-scale production of lab-grown ground beef, pork, and sausage may be feasible within the next five to 10 years.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: This monster shredder eats whole cars and spits them out in tiny pieces
Click here to read full news..

All Channels Nigerian Dailies: Punch  |  Vanguard   |  The Nation  |  Thisday  |  Daily Sun  |  Guardian  |  Daily Times  |  Daily Trust  |  Daily Independent  |   The Herald  |  Tribune  |  Leadership  |  National Mirror  |  BusinessDay  |  New Telegraph  |  Peoples Daily  |  Blueprint  |  Nigerian Pilot  |  Sahara Reporters  |  Premium Times  |  The Cable  |  PM News  |  APO Africa Newsroom

Categories Today: World  |  Sports  |  Technology  |  Entertainment  |  Business  |  Politics  |  Columns  |  All Headlines Today

Entertainment (Local): Linda Ikeji  |  Bella Naija  |  Tori  |  Pulse  |  The NET  |  DailyPost  |  Information Nigeria  |  Gistlover  |  Lailas Blog  |  Miss Petite  |  Olufamous  |  Stella Dimoko Korkus Blog  |  Ynaija  |  All Entertainment News Today

Entertainment (World): TMZ  |  Daily Mail  |  Huffington Post

Sports: Goal  |  African Football  |  Bleacher Report  |  FTBpro  |  Kickoff  |  All Sports Headlines Today

Business & Finance: Nairametrics  |  Nigerian Tenders  |  Business Insider  |  Forbes  |  Entrepreneur  |  The Economist  |  BusinessTech  |  Financial Watch  |  BusinessDay  |  All Business News Headlines Today

Technology (Local): Techpoint  |  TechMoran  |  TechCity  |  Innovation Village  |  IT News Africa  |  Technology Times  |  Technext  |  Techcabal  |  All Technology News Headlines Today

Technology (World): Techcrunch  |  Techmeme  |  Slashdot  |  Wired  |  Hackers News  |  Engadget  |  Pocket Lint  |  The Verge

International Networks:   |  CNN  |  BBC  |  Al Jazeera  |  Yahoo

Forum:   |  Nairaland  |  Naij

Other Links: Home   |  Nigerian Jobs