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"A national supermarket chain started selling Eat Grub’s roasted crickets in November, signaling that insect-based products are moving into mainstream retail channels. This availability underscores how entomophagy is being marketed as an eco-friendly, trend-driven food innovation—used by start-ups, repurposed into items like flours and novelty foods—but has also reignited debate about cultural framing, with observers warning that commercializing insects as a futuristic sustainability item can obscure their global ubiquity and cultural significance." - James Hansen