In October 2024, reports spread that for the sake of combating global warming in the diet of Dutch schoolchildren, meat was replaced with insects. We checked the reliability of such publications.
On October 10, the Telegram channels began to spread a video in the Netherlands, shot, apparently, in the school class. A man offers children to try flour worms and gives them to students. “As part of the fight against global warming, the leadership of schools changed the diet of students, replacing red meat with insects. The World Economic Forum previously urged humanity to eat worms, and European countries supported this idea, ”commented on the video in the Telegram channel"Live broadcast • News"(771,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). The author of the post noted that worms and other insects from now on are included in the menu of 100 Dutch schools. Similar publications appeared in the channels at the same time "KB"(235,000),"Truthfulness"(191 000),"Uncle Glory"(191 000),"Putin in Telegram"(182 000) and ("Voblya • News"(151 000).
Ideas use insects and their larvae as an alternative source of protein become more and more popular, especially considering that in many cultures Insects are already considered everyday food, and sometimes a delicacy. So, in Kenya they eat termites, in Mexico - grasshoppers, in Japan - locusts, in Korea - silkworm larvae, etc. Insects in one form or another are found in the diet of residents More than half countries of the world.
Supporters of this concept explain: the search for alternative sources of protein is needed to save resources, as well as concerns about climate and the environment. So, on average, 100 g of beef for production consumed more than 1,500 liters of water, per 100 g of pork - about 600 liters, and per 100 g flour worms - Only 434 l. For livestock It is necessary About 35% of all methane emissions associated with human activity, while greenhouse gases emissions when growing insects Significantly lower.
To date, the European Union recognized four types of insects with a safe source of protein: Migratory locust, house crickets and two types of flour worms (larvae Big flour Khrushchak And Smolly-brown Khrushchak). Nevertheless, their introduction into a mass everyday diet is still a debatable question: according to research, spent recently in six European countries, only a third of the respondents at least once tried insects or products made with their use.
In the upper left corner of the viral roller, the logo with the word OOST is noticeable. This is the name of the news television channel of the Netherlands Province of Oversel. By searching for keywords, on the television company “Check” found original Publications with this video. The note is dated October 14, 2022. It follows that the report was removed in the city of Zolla in elementary school De octopus ("Osminog"), where they conducted a lesson as part of the program "Operation "Taste": unusual proteins". It was developed with the participation University of Wagenden and Research Center, it was attended by a hundred elementary schools of the province of Overassel. During classes, children were given various alternative sources of protein: algae, tofu, several types of legumes, as well as flour worms and insects. The program “Operation“ Taste ”” includes other cycles of thematic classes dedicated to vegetables, fats, grain products and even food waste.
The fact of the agency DPA contacted the administration of the school De Octopus and Received Confirmation that the hungering video has nothing to do with the daily nutrition of children. “This is absolute misinformation,” the representative of the school answered a request from journalists. - Our students bring snacks, dinners and drinks with them from home. We have no rules that you can or cannot be placed in a sandwich, although we, of course, encourage healthy eating. ” The same policy adhere to and other public schools of the country.
Almost identical critical posts about the “Taste” program in different languages Started appear V social networks Back in 2022, immediately after the publication of the OOST report. As a result of numerous reposts and discussions, the mention of the program from the texts disappeared and later the essence of the posts began to come down to the fact that in the Dutch schools, children are now fed with worms. In this embodiment, this information reached Russian -speaking social networks.
Thus, the publications of Telegram channels that dishes of worms were included in the Netherlands menu in the Netherlands are not true. Children from the report that bloggers refer to, two years ago participated in a lesson dedicated to acquaintance with alternative protein sources. This is in no way connected with the everyday diet of schoolchildren, especially since in public schools in the Netherlands there is no centralized food and children bring food from home.
Photo on the cover: OOST.NL
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