It might not sound , but scientists say cockroach milk could be a superfood. Insect dairy could be the big thing on shelves. Scientists say insect milk is a alternative to cow's milk. However, it might be for people to put milk from bugs in their . Scientists studied the value of milk from the Pacific Beetle cockroach. They found that the milk was more nutritious than cow's milk. They said cockroach milk had, "more than three times the of an equivalent mass of milk". It was also full of amino and proteins.
The Pacific Beetle cockroach is the cockroach known to produce milk. However, milking cockroaches to satisfy the population clearly isn't as easy as milking cows. An is to reproduce the milk in a lab, and then turn this into large-scale . A South African company has already started selling insect-milk ice cream. It says the milk is, "a , nature-friendly, nutritious, lactose-free, delicious, -free dairy alternative of the ". It won't be long before other start making food and using insect milk.
