I'm not particularly squicked out by bugs, but intentionally adding black dots (which I believe are chia seeds) into these just seems counterproductive.
There was movement from https://entomofarms.com/ about a year or two ago here in Canada. Loblaws groceries were selling powder. But I don't see it much anymore. I'm not sure, with such a psycho-socio-cultural change requirement, that a company can go this alone without help. There would have to be something akin to our dairy, egg or wheat boards. I suspect a big chunk of cash would have to be dedicated just to marketing. I think there are many that would love to include these products in their diet - people abstain from meat for a variety of reasons and this might fill that gap. Especially if it can really be shown to be a sustainable product.
I would try crickets just not powdered. I have zero trust for powdered food, even less if it comes from SE Asia and are not subject for EU food standards. If I am to eat them they'd have to look like actual crickets.
Entomol farms is a local Canadian place. So, subject to fed laws and practices. Also, the fact that the largest grocery conglomerate picked them up probably says something. As for powdered, I guess it's just a form factor - you're encouraged to fortify other foods by adding it rather than treat it as a standalone food. (Fortify=hide)
I've tried cricket bars before, they tasted quite good. I just wonder though, why not make them out of a vegetable protein like pea or oat protein instead? That way they could target the vegan market too.
Eat the crickets, drink the soylent, bugman peasant. Don't forget to self optimize and make yourself more useful to your goblin overlords.
"Cricket One is shipping its cricket powder to food producers in over 15 countries — including bakeries and snack makers in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific — but further growth in these and new markets has proven a challenge." -probably because most civilized countries thinks eating bugs or earthworms or whatever disgusting thing is on the food startup menu today is dystopian and grotesque, and that should be fed to farm animals before it's turned into human foods.
I'm not particularly squicked out by bugs, but intentionally adding black dots (which I believe are chia seeds) into these just seems counterproductive.