Insect food vending machine in Nagano, Japan now has 18 kinds of products including crickets

　　China News Service, June 16. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 16th, a vending machine that provides insect food has been set up in Takamori, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

According to reports, there is a local culture of eating insects, and this food can become a new way to supplement protein.

Insect food vending machines in Nagano, Japan.

Image source: Screenshot of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report

　　According to reports, there are 18 kinds of products such as fried or grilled crickets, locusts and silkworms in the vending machine, which can be sold 24 hours a day.

The flavors include salt, chocolate, etc. The price ranges from 1,000 yen to 2,600 yen (about 50 to 130 yuan).

　　Insects have attracted much attention as a new protein source in order to solve the world's food shortage problem.

Asami Osawa, who set up the vending machine, said the move was to make it easier for people to eat insects.

　　Asami Osawa also set up insect food vending machines in Achi Village, Nagano Prefecture in May, and it is said that some food products are even sold out.