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I read the summary and I half agree. They draw the conclusion based on the insects not being consumed directly but if they would be it's a whole another ball game.
The thing is that nobody has tried to make protein bars from processed finely ground insects and marketed it as keratin protein bars. Maybe even fried bug-nuggets and just call them nuggets to save money or anything else that is not just directly eating tiny crispy legs that get stuck in the teeth.
If there's a protein bar with bugs and chocolate that's cheaper than whey bars I'd buy it every now and then. If it would be sold in a fast food shops in a homogeneous fried blob I'd also try it out of curiosity.
Chrips (chips made of powdered cricket) exist, but they never took off. People have tried a lot of ideas, its moreso that consumers havent really shown much motivation towards insects as a protein
Keratin protein bars is one of the better ideas Ive heard. Even still a lot of people wouldnt touch it if they saw it was insect-derived protein on the label
I think people that enjoy keratin just eat their nails.