Banded Crickets Small (Tropical House Crickets) Size 2 5-8mm

Banded Crickets are native to Southern Europe. Our breeding insects are fed on Progrub, bran and potato making them a safe, clean and inexpensive insect. Crickets are rich in protein and relatively easy to store. They are sold in a variety of sizes to suit all needs.

BROWN CRICKETS BEAT THEIR RIVALS IN NUTRITIONAL TESTS!

Brown (banded) crickets proved themselves to be far more nutritious than their rival Black Crickets and Silent Crickets in recent laboratory tests. Brown (banded) crickets were proved to have a higher calorific value and to contain higher levels of protein than both their rivals.

Why would anyone want to pay more? Brown (banded) crickets represent a genuine, honest, superb deal for livefood buyers. Probably the best value for money on the UK internet today. Maybe we should call them Super Crickets?

The tests came out as follows:

Tests were performed by Foodtest laboratories on behalf of Livefoods Direct on April 26th 2010.

  Brown Silent Black
Energy Values kcal/kJ per 100g 164 / 687 130 / 546 153 / 640
Protein % (Nx6.25) (A4) 21.4 15.2 14.7
Fat % (By Extraction) (A5) 6.9 5.7 8.3
Carbohydrate % (By Diff) (A8) 4.0 4.5 4.9
Moisture % (A2) 66.1 73.3 1.3
Ash & (A3) 1.6 1.3 1.3
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