Oxya chinensis sinuosa Mistshenko(Orthoptera:Acrididae) was lived in clean and non polluted area. grasshopper was approved as a general food ingredient by Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
general component contents was 67~75% crude protein, 5~11% crude fat in a dried state. grasshopper is a high protein food. amino acids is high.
In the composition and content of amino acids, which consists of the protein is the hightes alanine, glycine(soft and sweet) and arginine, histidine(essential amino acid of children) consequently, we developed a snack for children added with grasshopper powder.
general composition of snack is 8~11% crude protein, 0.2~0.75% crude fat.
The protein content increased with increasing addition ratio.
3% grasshopper powder was the best in general preference.

• Seong Yeon Kim(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Do Ik Kim(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Hui Yeon Koo(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Jeong Eun Kim(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Hyun Jin Kim(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Yu Beom Lee(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)
• Cheol Seung Park(Insect & Sericulture Research Institute, Jangseong, Jeonnam)