“Insect Food, run by Javier Yip, is the first company to import edible insects to Singapore. “I love to eat edible insects,” he explains when I meet him at his office. “It’s my passion. I’ve eaten them in Thailand and Vietnam. I’ve even had scorpions before.”

 

Through his website, Javier sells bulk packs of dried crickets and mealworms, frozen locusts and silkworm pupae, and powdered insects. Snack packs are sold in local supermarket chain Sheng Siong under Javier’s retail brand, Insect Yumz.