研究发现，人们喜欢华夫饼里昆虫黄油的味道

研究发现，人们喜欢华夫饼里昆虫黄油的味道

A new study suggests that the future of butter might be insects. The results show that butter made from insect fat might not just be healthier, but people may actually like the taste of it.

一项新的研究表明，黄油的未来可能是昆虫。结果表明，由昆虫脂肪制成的黄油可能不仅更健康，而且人们可能真的喜欢它的味道。

Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium studied whether or not taste testers could tell the difference between food items made with traditional butter and ones that used insect fat. To achieve this, they made three versions of each item: one with regular butter, one made with a quarter of the butter replaced with insect fat, and a version where half the butter was replaced.

比利时根特大学(Ghent University)的研究人员研究了味觉测试者能否分辨出用传统黄油制作的食物和用昆虫脂肪制作的食物之间的区别。为了达到这个目的，他们制作了三种不同的产品:一种是普通黄油，一种是用四分之一的黄油替换成昆虫脂肪，另一种是用一半的黄油替换。

According to the results of the study, taste testers could not tell the difference between regular cake and cake with a quarter of insect fat (made from the larvae of black soldier flies). They also served taste testers waffles, and they could not tell the difference between any of the three versions.

根据这项研究的结果，味觉测试者不能分辨出普通蛋糕和含有四分之一昆虫脂肪的蛋糕(来自黑蝇幼虫)之间的区别。他们还提供了口味测试员华夫饼，但他们分辨不出这三个版本之间的区别。

In their published results, researcher Daylan Tzompa-Sosa explained, “The ecological footprint of an insect is much smaller compared to animal-based food sources. Besides, we can grow insects in large quantities in Europe, which also reduces the footprint of transport. After all, palm fat is often imported from outside of Europe.”

研究人员Daylan Tzompa-Sosa在他们发表的研究结果中解释说:“与动物性食物来源相比，昆虫的生态足迹要小得多。此外，我们可以在欧洲大量种植昆虫，这也减少了交通的足迹。毕竟，棕榈油通常是从欧洲以外进口的。”

Aside from the ecological benefits, Tzompa-Sosa explained that insect fat may be healthier for humans.

除了生态上的好处，Tzompa-Sosa解释说，昆虫脂肪可能对人类更健康。

“Insect fat is a different type of fat than butter,” he said. “Insect fat contains lauric acid, which provides positive nutritional attributes since it is more digestible than butter. Moreover, lauric acid has an antibacterial, antimicrobial and antimycotic effect. This means that it is able, for example, to eliminate harmless various viruses, bacteria or even fungi in the body, allowing it to have a positive effect on health.”

“昆虫脂肪是一种不同于黄油的脂肪，”他说。昆虫脂肪中含有月桂酸，由于它比黄油更易消化，所以具有积极的营养价值。此外，月桂酸具有抗菌、抗微生物和抗真菌作用。这意味着，例如，它能够消除体内各种无害的病毒、细菌甚至真菌，从而对健康产生积极的影响。”