1. Market Definition & Scope
1.1. Market Definition
1.2. Market Ecosystem
1.3. Currency
1.4. Key Stakeholders
2. Research Methodology
2.1. Research Approach
2.2. Process of Data Collection and Validation
2.2.1. Secondary Research
2.2.2. Primary Research/Interviews with Key Opinion Leaders of the Industry
2.3. Market Sizing and Forecast
2.3.1. Market Size Estimation Approach
2.3.2. Growth Forecast Approach
2.4. Assumptions for the Study
3. Executive Summary
3.1. Overview
3.2. Segment Analysis
3.2.1. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Product
3.2.2. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Insect Type
3.2.3. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Application
3.3.5. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by End Use
3.3.4. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region
3.4. Competitive Landscape & Market Competitors
4. Market Insights
4.1. Overview
4.2. Drivers
4.2.1. High Nutritional Value of Insects
4.2.2. Increasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Livestock and Poultry Industries
4.2.3. Environmental Benefits Associated with Edible Insects Consumption
4.2.4. Increasing Utilization of Insects in Animal Feeds by Feed Processors and Farmers
4.2.5. Low Risk of Transmitting Zoonotic Diseases Through the Consumption of Edible Insects
4.3. Restraints
4.3.1. Absence of a Standardized Regulatory Framework
4.3.2. Psychological and Ethical Barriers to Consuming Insects as Food
4.3.3. Potential Risk of Allergies Associated with Insect Consumption
4.4. Opportunities
4.4.1. Rising Consumer Demand for More Sustainable Food and Feed Products
4.4.2. Supportive Government Initiatives Aimed at Promoting Insect Farming
4.5. Challenges
4.5.1. Lack of Awareness Regarding the Benefits of Insect Consumption
4.6. Pricing Analysis
4.6.1. Overview
4.6.2. Whole Insects
4.6.3. Insect Powder
4.6.4. Insect Meal
4.6.5. Insect Oil
5. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Assessment—by Product
5.1. Overview
5.2. Whole Insects
5.3. Insect Powder
5.4. Insect Meal
5.5. Insect Oil
6. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Assessment—by Insect Type
6.1. Overview
6.2. Crickets
6.3. Black Soldier Flies
6.4. Mealworms
6.5. Buffalo Worms
6.6. Grasshoppers
6.7. Ants
6.8. Silkworms
6.9. Cicada
6.10. Other Edible Insects
7. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Assessment—by Application
7.1. Overview
7.2. Food & Beverages
7.2.1. Processed Whole Insects
7.2.2. Processed Insect Powder
7.2.3. Protein Bars & Protein Shakes
7.2.4. Baked Products & Snacks
7.2.5. Insect Confectioneries
7.2.6. Insect Beverages
7.2.7. Other Food & Beverage Applications
7.3. Feed
7.3.1. Animal Feed
7.3.2. Aquaculture Feed
7.3.3. Pet Food
8. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Assessment—by End Use
8.1. Overview
8.2. Human Consumption
8.3. Animal Nutrition
9. Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Assessment—by Country/Region
9.1. Overview
9.2. South Africa
9.3. Saudi Arabia
9.4. Kenya
9.5. Egypt
9.6. Uganda
9.7. Rest of Middle East & Africa
10. Competition Analysis
10.1. Overview
10.2. Key Growth Strategies
10.3. Competitive Benchmarking
10.3.1. Industry Leaders
10.3.2. Market Differentiators
10.3.3. Vanguards
10.3.4. Emerging Companies
10.4. Vendor Market Positioning
11. Company Profile
11.1. Ÿnsect (SAS)
11.2. Enterra Feed Corporation
11.3. InnovaFeed
11.4. EnviroFlight, LLC
11.5. Nutrition Technologies Group
11.6. Protix B.V.
11.7. Entomo Farms
11.8. Hargol FoodTech
11.9. All Things Bugs LLC
11.10. Global Bugs Asia Co., Ltd
11.11. JR Unique Foods
11.12. Cricket Lab Limited
11.13. BioflyTech
11.14. InsectiPro Ltd.
11.15. Mana Biosystems Ltd
11.16. Marula Proteen Ltd
11.17. ProtiCycle
11.18. Inseco (Pty) Ltd.
11.19. Maltento (Pty) Ltd.
11.20. Nambu Group
12. Appendix
12.1. Available Customization
12.2. Related Reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Average Selling Prices of Whole Insect, by Country, 2021–2030 (USD/KG)
Table 2 Average Selling Prices of Insect Powder, by Country, 2021–2030 (USD/KG)
Table 3 Average Selling Prices of Insect Meal, by Country, 2021–2030 (USD/KG)
Table 4 Average Selling Prices of Insect oil, by Country, 2021–2030 (USD/KG)
Table 5 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 6 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 7 Middle East & Africa Edible Whole Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 8 Middle East & Africa Edible Whole Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (Tons)
Table 9 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Powder Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 10 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Powder Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (Tons)
Table 11 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Meal Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 12 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Meal Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (Tons)
Table 13 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Oil Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 14 Middle East & Africa Edible Insect Oil Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (Tons)
Table 15 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 16 Middle East & Africa Crickets Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 17 Middle East & Africa Black Soldier Flies Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 18 Middle East & Africa Mealworms Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 19 Middle East & Africa Buffalo Worms Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 20 Middle East & Africa Grasshoppers Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 21 Middle East & Africa Ants Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 22 Middle East & Africa Silkworms Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 23 Middle East & Africa Cicadas Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 24 Middle East & Africa Other Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 25 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 26 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 27 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 28 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Processed Whole Insects, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 29 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Processed Insect Powder, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 30 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Protein Bars & Protein Shakes, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 31 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Baked Products & Snacks, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 32 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Insect Confectioneries, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 33 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Insect Beverages, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 34 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Other Food & Beverage Applications, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 35 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 36 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 37 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Animal Feed, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 38 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Aquaculture Feed, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 39 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Pet Food, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 40 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 41 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Human Consumption, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 42 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market Size for Animal Nutrition, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 43 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 44 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2021–2030 (Tons)
Table 45 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 46 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 47 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 48 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 49 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 50 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 51 South Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 52 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 53 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 54 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 55 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 56 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 57 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 58 Saudi Arabia: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 59 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 60 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 61 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 62 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 63 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 64 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 65 Kenya: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 66 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 67 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 68 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 69 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 70 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 71 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 72 Egypt: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 73 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 74 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 75 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 76 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 77 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 78 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 79 Uganda: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 80 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 81 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Product, 2021–2030 (USD Tons)
Table 82 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Insect Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 83 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by Application, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 84 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size for Food & Beverage, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 85 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size for Feed, by Product Type, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
Table 86 Rest of Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Size, by End Use, 2021–2030 (USD Million)
List of Figures
Figure 1 Market Ecosystem
Figure 2 Research Process
Figure 3 Key Secondary Sources
Figure 4 Primary Research Techniques
Figure 5 Key Executives Interviewed
Figure 6 Breakdown of Primary Interviews (Supply-Side & Demand-Side)
Figure 7 Market Size Estimation
Figure 8 Crickets Segment to Dominate the Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market
Figure 9 Whole Insect Segment to Dominate the Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market
Figure 10 In 2024, The Food & Beverage Segment to Dominate the Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market
Figure 11 In 2024, The Human Consumption Segment to Dominate the Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market
Figure 12 South Africa Dominates the Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, While Kenya Leads in Growth
Figure 13 Factors Affecting Market Growth
Figure 14 Resources Required: Livestock Farming Vs. Insect Farming
Figure 15 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Product, 2024 Vs. 2030 (USD Million)
Figure 16 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Product, 2024 Vs. 2030 (Tons)
Figure 17 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Insect Type, 2024 Vs. 2030 (USD Million)
Figure 18 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Application, 2024 Vs. 2030 (USD Million)
Figure 19 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by End Use, 2024 Vs. 2030 (USD Million)
Figure 20 Middle East & Africa: Edible Insects Market Snapshot (2024)
Figure 21 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2024 Vs. 2030 (USD Million)
Figure 22 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market, by Country/Region, 2024 Vs. 2030 (Tons)
Figure 23 Key Growth Strategies Adopted by Leading Players, 2020–2024
Figure 24 Competitive Dashboard: Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market
Figure 25 Middle East & Africa Edible Insects Market: Competitive Benchmarking, by Product Type