Eating insects: Make mine a mealworm burger

Girl eating mealworm

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1 February 2013 Last updated at 13:32 Help

Could you be convinced to chow down on a mealworm burger?

Chef Stefan Gates says mealworms are one of 1800 edible insects, and are nutritious and protein-rich, and surprisingly easy to cook.

He says 99.9% of people regularly eat insects in some form already, and we should embrace farming insects to solve future global hunger problems.

Watch more from Stefan on BBC Two's Food & Drink starting Monday 4 Feb at 20:30 GMT. Or catch his documentary on entomophagy in March.

Read more: Can you cook with insects?

Whizz up Stefan's mealworm burger at home.

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