Table 2 Articles included in the review classified by research areas

Waste management by insects

Girotto and Cossu [91]; Haq et al. [87]; Ojha et al. [82]; Rumbos and Athanassiou [121]; Suckling et al. [110]; Gold et al. [85]; Deler et al. [83]; Moruzzo et al. [148]; Cammack et al. [84]; Pinotti and Ottoboni [81]; Eskelinen et al. [43]; Ranjbari et al. [88]; Beesigamukama et al. [90]; Girotto and Piazza [80]; Beyers et al. [111]; Buccaro et al. [41]

Insect-based feeds

Borrello et al. [76]; Roffeis et al. [141]; van Raamsdonk et al. [127]; Chia et al. [42]; DiGiacomo and Leury [36]; Parolini et al. [96]; Abro et al. [97]; Gasco et al. [93]; Cadinu et al. [109]; Roffeis et al. [100]; Tanga et al. [142]; Jagtap et al. [98]; Spartano and Grasso [102]; Spartano and Grasso [99]; van Huis [89]; van Huis et al. [116]; Moruzzo et al. [144]; Rumbos and Athanassiou [121]; Tavares et al. [95]; Kee et al. [107]; Sampathkumar and Loo [101]; Colombo et al. [92]; Maroušek et al. [103]; Gasco et al. [143]; Barragán-Fonseca et al. [104]; Pinotti et al. [145]; Beyers et al. [111]; Buccaro et al. [41]

Insect-based food acceptance

Borrello et al. [144]; Moruzzo et al. [144]; Rumbos et al. [121]; Ouko et al. [128]; Mancini et al. [117]; Martins et al. [145]; Baldi et al. [106]; Piwowar et al. [135]; Dagevos and Taufik [105]; Mishyna et al. [149]