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What’s the Deal with Cricket Flour? Five Things You Need to Know.

It seems to have come out of nowhere. A few years ago, edible insects meant chocolate-covered mealworms sold as novelty items. Suddenly, news reports talk about suburban moms using cricket flour to bake cookies? What’s going on? What is cricket flour, anyway? Is it a fad, or is it the future of food? Here are five things you need to know about cricket flour.