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WE BREED 800,000 BROWN CRICKETS EVERY WEEK ORDERS PLACED BEFORE NOON MONDAY-THURSDAY
SHIPPED THE SAME DAY


BROWN CRICKETS BEAT THEIR RIVALS IN NUTRITIONAL TESTS!

Cheep crickets won the day! Pardon the pun, but Brown (banded) crickets are priced significantly lower than other crickets available in the UK.

Brown (banded) crickets proved themselves to be far more nutritious than their rival Black Crickets and Silent Crickets in recent laboratory tests. Brown (banded) crickets were proved to have a higher calorific value and to contain higher levels of protein than both their rivals.

Why would anyone want to pay more? Brown (banded) crickets represent a genuine, honest, superb deal for livefood buyers. Probably the best value for money on the UK internet today. Maybe we should call them Super Crickets?

The tests came out as follows:

Brown Silent Black
Energy Values kcal/kJ per 100g 164 / 687 130 / 546 153 / 640
Protein % (Nx6.25) (A4) 21.4 15.2 14.7
Fat % (By Extraction) (A5) 6.9 5.7 8.3
Carbohydrate % (By Diff) (A8) 4.0 4.5 4.9
Moisture % (A2) 66.1 73.3 1.3
Ash & (A3) 1.6 1.3 1.3


Price per 1,000 large crickets £11.75 £14.60 £24.80

Price stated were taken from the Livefoods Direct Ltd website on May 14th 2010. All prices are inclusive of VAT and postage.

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Tests were performed by Foodtest laboratories on behalf of Livefoods Direct on April 26th 2010.

Brown (banded) crickets or Gryllodes sigullatis are native to tropical India. Each and every week throughout the year, Livefoods Direct breeds a minimum of 800,000 brown crickets for its UK customers. Brown crickets provide a highly nutritious diet (66.9% protein as % of dry matter) for both birds and reptiles. Brown crickets are bred on Progrub, a protein rich meal blended specially for cricket rearing by Livefoods Direct. Brown crickets have an amazing growth rate, from hatching from its egg pod to being able to reproduce itself only takes a brown cricket 35-42 days under ideal conditions.

Brown crickets are available in 6 sizes:

Brown crickets can be purchased in different sizes and different packs depending on the quantity and the size the customer requires. Packs vary from plastic pre pack tubs containing as few as 70 adult crickets to cloth sacks of crickets containing up to 1,000 of whatever size cricket the customer requires.

Brown crickets should be stored in a cool, dry, dark place - ideally between 16-20 degrees centigrade. Brown crickets that have been travelling overnight by courier or in the post need to be transferred to suitable storage containers on arrival. A deep container with smooth sides such as a glass or plastic tank with a very well ventilated but tight fitting lid is ideal. The crickets need perching areas to reduce stress. These can be provided in the form of cardboard egg trays which are ideal. A small saucer of Progrub placed in the tank will provide the crickets all the nutrition they need. Water can be given to the crickets by providing Solidwater gel available from Livefoods Direct.

Because brown crickets are a tropical species they don't travel well in very cold weather and may appear dead on arrival if temperatures fall below zero degrees Celsius in transit. If this should happen the crickets should be left in their shipping container and moved to a very warm room immediately. After 30 minutes the crickets should recover and can be handled and transferred to their storage container in the normal manner.

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