Bread made of insects to be sold by Finnish food company

One of Finland's biggest food companies is selling what it claims to be a first bread made of insect. 

Markus Hellstrom, head of the Fazer group's bakery division, says one loaf contains about 70 dried house crickets, ground into powder and added to the flour.

Hellstrom says the crickets represent three per cent of the bread's weight.

Finns are known to be willing to try new things," and according to a survey commissioned by Fazer "good taste, freshness" were among the main criteria for bread, he said.

We made crunchy dough to enhance taste," he said. The result was "delicious and nutritious, he said, adding that the Fazer Sirkkaleipa (Finnish for Fazer Cricket Bread) is a good source of protein and insects also contain good fatty acids, calcium, iron and vitamin B12."

Mankind needs new and sustainable sources of nutrition," Sibakov said in a statement.

Hellstrom said in a statement that Finnish legislation was changed on November 1 to allow the sale of insects as food.

The first batch of cricket breads will be sold in major Finnish cities on Friday.