Brewdog has divided opinion over whether it should introduce a burger made with insects to its bar’s menus. Brewery boss James Watt canvassed opinion on Twitter yesterday.
“Would you eat a bug burger in a @BrewDog bar?” he asked his over 100,000 followers. “We are considering working with @_yumbug and putting a cricket burger on our menu.
“Insects are an incredibly sustainable superfood which deliver maximum nutrition with minimal resources. So, would you try it?”
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The response was mixed. “Hell yeah! Finally would be good to see it in a big brand location. Sustainable and tasty,” said one. Another added: “100% - Already tried a dip made from crickets and really enjoyed it.”
Many others were less keen. “Honestly, no. Probably delicious, but my brain wouldn’t get over the fact I was eating crickets,” said another.
Some went even further, saying: “No, and I would not eat anything from a kitchen that served these.”
Sadly, one customer used the question as an opportunity to detail a recent bad experience with a regular burger situation. “To be honest, after the 3 burgers that we were served on Saturday out at HQ, I'd think these Cricket Burgers would be a load better,” they said. “Had we not been in such a rush, I'd have sent them back. Service and Food has gone right downhill, which is disappointing.”
The company has 55 venues in England, 18 in Scotland, two in Wales, as well as further sites in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia.
Hundreds of countries around the world eat insects - around 80% of countries, in fact - amounting to around two billion people consuming them as a part of their regular diet.
Thousands of species of insects from grasshoppers to crickets to mealworms are eaten, with cockroaches being higher in protein than beef. They’re also hugely sustainable, using a fraction of the space and resources to cultivate than meat, with the UN among those citing their use as vital to producing food at scale in the future.
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