Effect of Different Extraction Methods on the Characteristics of Field Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) Powder
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The objective of this research was to study the physicochemical characteristics of cricket powder using three different extraction methods from commercially field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) in Thailand. The results from the three extraction methods using 3% of protease enzyme extraction, 0.5 M of sodium hydroxide extraction, and 99.5% of ethanol extraction showed that the protein content increased by 50.8, 43.0, and 42.7%, respectively. In addition, the fat content of protease enzyme extraction obviously decreased by 11.3 g from 18.2 g/100 g fresh weight and showed the highest solubility of 93.55 ± 0.12 g/L. However, the percentage of yield from ethanol extraction was the highest at 85.32 ± 0.12%, followed by extracted cricket powder with base solution and enzyme (76.24 ± 0.34 and 52.15 ± 0.45). The color characterization found that extracted cricket powder with ethanol had the highest brightness at 45.25 ± 0.21, while extracted cricket powder with base solution had the lowest brightness (18.80 ± 0.06). Since ethanol is a non-polar solution that has the ability to dissolve insect pigments, more pigments were dissolved during the extraction period of up to 1 hour. Therefore, the extraction of cricket powder with 3% protease enzyme not only provided high protein content, but also had high solubility and relatively low fat absorption capacity.
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