ecoEat Cricket Flour Powder Protein - 100g - Healthy Powder Edible Insect Powder

Worth it for the experience, to be honest. There has been talk that insects are the future meat after all and many cultures have long eaten insects (like silkworm pupae!). I have reptiles that I've fed captive bred crickets to before so I was curious about the hype. It's cricket powder, so.... lots of protein of course. Kinda gritty. Gotta say I chickened out and mixed this into a heavily flavored smoothie so I can't say I detected much, haha, oops. Frankly, I'm more curious if you could turn this into a treat for pets. Like, could your fur babies eat this? Could I somehow mix this up for my reptiles? There's powder diet for them after all, and with this just being cricket it might be a nice protein boost for some of the omnivores. I might mix some of this into some of the mush for my crested geckos and see how they respond to it. If it's fit for human consumption - since it has no additives, surely it would be okay for them. I also remember giving my hamster mealworms back then, maybe this could be mixed into little cookies for them. Until I know what to truly do with this for my own consumption, I might look into other uses instead..... suet???

Oh man... where to start... I guess we can start with eating crickets for the first time, since many people haven't accomplished this. I brought this into work and people were shocked this exists, lots of questions. Once you get over the initial surprise, it's not much different than a plant based protein powder. I would compare this most to a pea protein with just a slightly earthy taste and smell. There's quite a bit of protein in the serving size, not as much as a whey or larger brand provides, but it's not minor. I was able to mix it as usual in a shaker cup or blender without issues, no clumps left over, and no grittiness. When using this with some kind of flavoring, like peanut butter or fruit, it's pretty much hidden. I tried it just straight water and I couldn't do it. It's a little too much like dirt flavored shrimp for me. With some honey, peanut butter powder, oats... not bad. This would be great for baking but I did not try that, only smoothies and overnight oats.

I wrote a really great, insightful review of this product, but either Amazon's algorithm or the company took it down. Not cool, guys. The short version is that yes, this cricket flour is exactly what it sounds like. Some might call it the protein of the future, not coming from megafauna lifestock (but instead crickets are macrofauna) and utilizing whole bodies, thereby minimizing agricultural waste. It is a super-fine brownish gray powder that can be an easy protein addition to many kinds of food. I toss a scoop into my banana-walnut bread (pictured) and savory dishes for a low-on-the-food-chain-yet-still-carnivore protein boost. The powder has a mild smell of insects (like somebody opened the door to a pet shop), but it doesn't really add any significant flavor to food recipes. Since I'm reviewing it pre-release, I'll be interested to see what the price will be, I couldn't begin to guess.

Being a meat eater that likes cows because they are made of food. This product is good for your visiting workers, good for cookies liker cherpers and hooper. This product is functional for these who choose to good for people who want an alternative protein.

This product provides exactly what it promises... high protein cricket powder. The powder itself is versatile and good for use in experimenting with different dishes and drinks. The attractive, secure packaging also makes this potentially a unique gift. If you want powdered crickets, you've found it

At the time of placing the order, the bag was $11.99 which is a fair price for this package. The brand is based out of Texas which works for me because I do prefer food to come from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or most of the EU. I've had cricket powder and other things such as protein bars when traveling through Finland and was familiar with how it can blend right into the background at the right ratio in the recipe. Same thing here, this will blend into protein shake, pancake batter, oatmeal and basically anything you want to add some protein to. To. The secret in my opinion is similar to anything else moderation is key. If it's a small part of a recipe is going to blend into the background, if you add a lot, you're certainly going to get a lot of protein however, you will get a very earthy flavor with it. The flavor for me is more pronounced in warm foods such as oatmeal as opposed to a cold protein drink where it seems to blend into the background. The question is how do you feel about eating crickets if that's not part of your normal routine? It was quite a challenge for me being from the US, whereas my co-workers in Finland it was far more common. It blends well without clumping and has that upset my stomach using it a few days in a row in a protein shake. I included a picture of the powder itself, it's a fine grind which again contributes to being able to blend into other items easily. There's an earthy scent if you stick your nose into the pouch, if you're just pulling out a tablespoon to toss into a protein shake, you probably won't notice it. WARM HINT. I started off with a mere teaspoon and my protein shakes before moving up to a full tablespoon. I don't go beyond a tablespoon with 16 oz of liquid/ ice/ fruit or less, but that's kind of because I'm a big fat baby and I'm not 100% on board with crickets 🙂 but I need the protein so I do it.

Okay where to begin haha. This stuff was a fun test with my nephews. It smells weird but mixes really well. The protein doesn't seem to be super high. It wasn't rough to drink texture wise, but didn't taste amazing. Overall, it was worth giving it a try to feel the crickets powder and texture in your mouth.