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May 18, 2026
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Cricket nuggets? Caterpillar cookies? Canadians would consider eating insects if they can’t see them
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Research shows people prefer their edible insects to look less like bugs and more like muffins. (Flickr/William Warby), CC BY
Cricket nuggets? Caterpillar cookies? Canadians would consider eating insects if they can’t see them
Published: May 18, 2026 8.19am EDT
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Lobster had one of the greatest reputation makeovers in food history. Once treated as “food for the poor,” it is now served in expensive restaurants, dipped in butter and presented as a delicacy.
Insects may be next. More than two billion people already eat grasshoppers, caterpillars, ants, beetles and cr…
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