Singapore diversifies food sources with insects

Grasshoppers and crickets approved for human consumption

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A Bangkok bug seller. Some species of insects are traditionally consumed as food in Thailand. © Getty Images

TSUBASA SURUGA, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singapore is diversifying its food sources to help boost the land-scarce city-state's food security.

In its latest move toward that end, the Singapore Food Agency this week approved imports of 16 species like crickets, grasshoppers, mealworms and honeybees as food.

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