The EU Food Safety Authority has confirmed that yellow mealworms are human-friendly and rich in protein.

"The agency has assessed the risks of the insect as a new food for the first time, and this could pave the way for the first approval in the EU," said agency researcher Ermolaos Ververis.

Following this decision, the EU-wide marketing authorization for yellow mealworms - the larvae of the meal beetle - is expected to follow in the coming months. The main components of the product are protein, fat and fiber. When dried, the worms are said to taste similar to peanuts.

“There are clear environmental and economic benefits to replacing traditional sources of animal protein with ones that require less food, produce less waste and generate less greenhouse gases,” said University of Bologna professor Mario Mazzocchi.

My proposal is different - we need to use such researchers, politicians and clerks as nice food for worms, such way they will produce much less greenhouse gases, actually they will produce none.