A survey to test customers´ experience and preferences regarding food insects in the Czech Republic has revealed that 37.8% of the 1,340 respondents had experienced eating insects. Although more than half of the respondents reported their experience as being positive, only 11.8% consumed insects regularly. Of those who had no experience with edible insects, 14% stated their willingness to taste insects. Regarding preferences, ground insects or insect meal were the favourite forms of consumption, regardless of the species. From a sociodemographic point of view, age and gender significantly influenced the responses; younger people and men reported more positive attitudes towards entomophagy than older people and women. Regarding eating whole insects, processed crickets, katydids and locusts were the top-rated insects. Cockroaches were the least popular choice. The majority (77.7%) of the respondents also claimed that they would not mind consuming meat products originating from livestock that were fed insects.

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捷克共和国的昆虫消费：眼睛看不见，内心不忧

一项旨在测试客户在食用昆虫方面的经验和偏好的调查显示，在1,340名受访者中，有37.8％曾有食用昆虫的经历。尽管超过一半的受访者表示他们的经历是积极的，但只有11.8％的人定期食用昆虫。在那些没有食用昆虫经验的人中，有14％的人表示愿意品尝昆虫。在偏爱方面，无论种类如何，地面昆虫或昆虫粉都是最喜欢的消费形式。从社会人口统计学的角度来看，年龄和性别显着影响了应对措施。与老年人和妇女相比，年轻人和男子对食道的态度更为积极。关于吃整个昆虫，加工过的processed，ka和蝗虫是最受好评的昆虫。蟑螂是最受欢迎的选择。绝大多数（77.7％）的受访者还声称，他们不介意食用源自以昆虫为食的牲畜的肉类产品。