Anyone for crickets? Vietnam company aims to serve up insects in Singapore

Startup expects to be first to get such food on store shelves in city-state

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Bicky Nguyen, co-founder of Cricket One, says producers of food made from insects have invented a variety of "delicious" offerings beyond protein bars. (Source photos by Lien Hoang and from Cricket One)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

HO CHI MINH CITY -- A Vietnamese startup that farms crickets to make food is approaching Singapore a bit like New York: If they can make it there, the entrepreneurs at the company figure, they can make it anywhere.

Snack manufacturer Cricket One said it will be the first company to sell insect-based food to Singaporeans. The island nation aims to finalize regulations by July to permit the food for mass consumption, adding to an explosion of interest in alternative protein, which also includes "no-kill" meat cultivated in labs or made from plants.

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