block the world and get me off . Scuttlebutt from the superfood sphere has it thatcockroachmilk could become a new recession in the non - dairy milk craze .
Americans love their dairy farm - free alternativemilks . Non - dairy milksalesgrew 61 percent over the past five years , skyrocketing to an estimated $ 2.11 billion in 2017 . Soy , Prunus amygdalus and coconut are the current top faves , but other plant - base milk including pecan , cashew , macadamia , hazelnut , quinoa , flax , oat , rice and hemp are also on the rise . And a newmarket enquiry reportpredicts that world industrial plant - based milk gross revenue will outperform $ 34 billion by 2024 .
But cockroach milk ? Seriously ?
Thechatterabout roach Milk River first started in 2016 when astudypublished in the Journal of the International Union of Crystallography report that the milk - like substance found in the midgut of the Pacific mallet cockroach is one of themost nutritioussubstances on Earth . TheDiploptera punctata , which is the only roach known to give birth to live young ( or else of laying egg like regular roach ) produces protein crystal that are what scientist call a arrant food for thought , containing protein , avoirdupois and sugars . Just one of these crystals has more than three times the amount of Department of Energy in an equivalent amount of buffalo Milk River – which has more gram calorie than manifest old cow ’s milk . Bottom line : It ’s packed with calories and nutrients .
Because milking cockroaches is n’t a viable alternative , an international team of researchers headed byscientistsfrom the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India have see out a way to sequence the factor that produce the milk protein crystals . They desire to eventually utilize yeast as an effective way to develop the Milk River - soften protein crystals in orotund quantities . The work suggest that because it ’s such a dim , metre - released protein source , cockroach Milk River could help assuage food for thought insecurity around the world .
The late philosopher and self - help guru , Dr. Wayne Dyer , once queried this food for mentation : Can you see the beaut in a roach ? With apology to Dr. Dyerandto Dr. Seuss : I would not , could not , from a jug . I would not , could not , from a mug . I do not like and will not chug alterna - milk made from a bug .
Would you ?
