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Chemical analyses of ground, freeze-dried stinkbugs revealed the insects have lots of protein and nine essential amino acids. The stinkbugs also contain cholesterol-lowering fatty acids and several antioxidants that come from a flowering plant that the bugs eat.

E. delegorguei is a good protein supplement to the kind of grain-based diets that are common in developing countries, the researchers conclude. As with most edibles, however, proper food safety is important. Stinkbugs that are collected in traditional wooden baskets or in grain bags pick up low levels of a cancer-causing fungus toxin. Storing the bugs in clean ziplock bags keeps the snack toxin-free, the researchers found.