Fazer, a Finnish bakery and food service company, was the first in the world to offer insect-based bread to consumers. The first hand-baked cricket bread became available in 11 Fazer stores in Finland on Friday. /Chinanews Photo

The bread, made from flour, crushed and dried crickets, as well as wheat flour and seeds, has more protein than normal wheat bread. Each loaf contains about 70 crickets and costs 3.99 euros ($4.72), compared with 2 to 3 euros ($2.38-$3.57) for a regular wheat loaf. /Chinanews Photo

As people are looking for more food source,using insects as a protein source in western countries is becoming popular. The UN estimated last year that at least two billion people eat insects, and more than 1,900 species have been used for food. /Chinanews Photo

However, Fazer's crickets bread is only sold in its 11 stores in Helsinki hypermarkets because of the limited supply of crickets. The food company plans to offer the crushed crickets bread in all its 47 stores by next year. /Chinanews Photo