Effect of cooking methods on nutritional value and microbial safety of edible rhinoceros beetle grubs ( sp.).

Although edible rhinoceros beetle ( sp. larvae are popularly consumed in many countries worldwide, they are prepared using different methods such as boiling, roasting, toasting, and deep-frying, whose effect on nutritional value and microbial safety is scarcely known. Here we investigated the effect of these methods on the nutritional value and microbial safety of sp.