Woah… ho… Gotta love that clickbait title. I’ll cut to the chase though- more research is needed before you can get roach milk on the shelf. From the article:

“But today we have no evidence that it is actually safe for human consumption.”

“Plus roaches aren’t the easiest creatures to milk.”

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I cannot help but think about that future-set movie with a non-stop train conditions non-survivable outside the train, with a class system on the train. The lowest class people were at the back of the train were fed something called nutrition bars or blocks (or something like that), which looked like mysterious black jello-like bricks. They were made on the train from cockroaches. Anyone know what movie I’m talking about? This research fits nicely into that movie narrative.

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Snowpiercer is the film you are thinking about.

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ah yes, that’s it.

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You are probably talking about Willy Wonka and Chocolate factory sequel called Snowpiercer. Here is my evidence https://youtu.be/jEX52h1TvuA

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Snowpiercer. Good flick.

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Yeah I saw Snowpiercer

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And also stupidly inefficient to produce

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Not sure why that is necessarily the case. Recall how wine was made at one point: people barefeet got in a tub of grapes and smashed them by running around. Roach milk could be a matter of rounding up some 8 year old boys and giving them gummy bears or a candybar if they stomp around in a vat of roaches.

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No, even the more advanced factories that just exist on paper don’t even get close to decent

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