1, food processing: used to make crispy rice, biscuits, shrimp paste, drinks, etc.
2. Feed: Tenebrio molitor is called "protein feed treasure house". Scorpions, centipedes, geckos, snakes, turtles, bullfrogs, tropical fish and goldfish raised with Tenebrio molitor not only grow fast and have high survival rate, but also have strong disease resistance and greatly improved fertility; Using Tenebrio molitor as feed additive for general livestock and poultry can improve product yield and quality, effectively reduce feed cost and improve economic benefits, which is welcomed by farmers and consumers.
3. Nutrient-rich green food. The high protein and free amino acid content of Tenebrio molitor is 50- 100 times that of mammals and10 times that of milk. Fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K are rich in water-soluble vitamin B group. Vitamin b 1 is 15 times that of milk, vitamin b2 is 1800 times that of milk and vitamin b6 is 52 times that of milk. In addition, there are macro mineral elements such as calcium, potassium, sodium and magnesium, and trace mineral elements such as iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, chromium, selenium, boron and iodine, and the content of nutritional components is much richer than that of milk and meat. Under the principle of "reasonable diet and balanced nutrition", the pursuit of green insect pupa dishes has become a fashion and attracted much attention.
4. Medicine: Chitin and antimicrobial peptides unique to Tenebrio molitor have many functions, such as lowering blood pressure, improving immunity, activating cells, preventing cancer, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, resisting aging, and regulating the body environment. They can be used in pharmaceutical products and health care products.
Tenebrio molitor fat is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can be purified into medical and cosmetic fat, which can improve the anti-wrinkle function of skin and also play a certain role in treating and relieving skin diseases. SOD extracted from Tenebrio molitor as the raw material of beauty and health care products has better anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, whitening and beauty effects than the existing market products.
Chitin and antimicrobial peptides unique to Tenebrio molitor have many functions, such as lowering blood pressure, improving immunity, activating cells, preventing and treating cancer, lowering blood fat, lowering blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, resisting aging, regulating the body environment and so on, and can be used in medicines and health products.