OUR MISSION

FUTURE FOCUSED GREEN PROTEIN

As global food industries continue to produce resource-intensive protein sources such as meat and dairy, the environmental consequences are becoming more apparent. From excessive use of water, to carbon emissions, the UN is urging us to seek out alternative protein sources. Add this to the health issues caused by poor nutrition, misleading advertising and heath advice, coupled with poor lifestyle choices, we offer a solution to tackle both global and personal challenges. Check out the full UN report here.

FOCUSED

As a sustainable food company, we practice what we preach and try to cook with the freshest, local and seasonal produce we can find. Vietnam is a thriving and colourful country full of culinary heritage, it has beautifully stunning landscapes and equally beautiful people to match. It can boast an abundance of fantastic produce from the coconuts, bananas and cocoa plantations down in the Mekong delta to the south, to the wide selection of exotic fruits, nuts, vegetables, tea and coffee found in the highlands of Da Lat.

We are focused on showcasing the finest produce Vietnam has to offer and she is now starting to gain great recognition in the world’s leading Cocoa and Coffee industry circles.

GREEN

The Cricket Hop Co. believes in trying to use and adopt the most environmentally friendly procedures and processes to produce all of our products. This ranges from the packaging of our products, right down to the feed on which our crickets are fed on. For example, our crickets are bred in the South of Vietnam where the climate conditions are perfect for breeding the insects all year round. In correlation to other western factories which rely heavily on temperature controlled farming units to replicate this process at a higher environmental impact. Our award winning farm partner grows Its own cassava root and feeds the leaves to the crickets. This organic feed is a great nutrient for the crickets. They then produce a high nitrate fertiliser as by-product which is then returned back onto the land to help boost the crops’ potassium and nitrogen content. This cycle ensures the soil quality remains high and there is no food miles or wastage involved in the process of rearing our crickets.

One third of the world’s arable land is used to produce the food required to feed the livestock which we farm. In 2050 the population is predicted to be 9 billion! This level of intensive agricultural farming has become unsustainable! The emissions produced by bovine creatures such as cows are the leading contributor to global warming by far! Intensive farming of animals and crops has led to the cutting down of rainforests, polluting the oceans and poisoning river systems, stripping the land of all its nutrients and not allowing it to recover, cutting down habitats to create grazing pastures and destroying important eco system in the process.

The answer? Simply by cutting down on the amount of meat, dairy and fish we consume and by choosing where our meat comes from and how it is raised and looked after, and by swapping our daily food choices for more sustainable and eco-friendly options we can slow down the process of global warming, let the land, rainforests, and the oceans recover and ensure that certain species do not get wiped out forever.

PROTEIN

Our cricket flour is made from 100% crickets produced under lab conditions from our Novel accredited Vietnamese farm partners who are certified for EU, USDA and ASEAN export. This environmentally friendly product is also a Gluten-free, Nut-free, Lactose-free and a Non-GMO alternative to other protein sources.

Crickets are considered to be one of the most sustainable protein source in the world. They are natures true super food!

Packed full of all 9 essential Amino Acids, and a complete Amino Acid profile. Vitamins: A, B1, B2, E, Minerals: Iron, Calcium, Potassium, Fibre, Phosphorus, Zinc, Sodium, Omega 3 and 6 and of course PROTEIN!

The average cricket flour record’s a protein content of around 62-67% but here at the Cricket Hop Co due to our specialist processes we can boast a content of at least 70%! Our average content is 74.4%.

Every 100g bag contains 13.26g of BCAAS (branched-chain Amino Acids) and 4.42g Leucine.