The yellow mealworm may therefore be sold as a whole, dried insect in the form of snacks or used as an ingredient in food products such as noodles or biscuits.

The entire documentation for yellow mealworms can be read here.

Food Labelling Services comments:

A novel food is defined as ‘foods and food ingredients that have not been used for human consumption to a significant degree in the EU before 15 May 1997’. Novel foods have to be authorised in the Novel Foods Catalogue. Prior to this approval, insects have been considered as novel foods although the previous Novel Food Regulation did not apply to whole insects, which meant that they could be marketed without approval up to January 2019. Within the authorisation process for the yellow mealworm, the Commission granted data protection, which means that the new authorisation can generally only be used by the French applicant company. After the expiration of a five year period, the data protection will expire, and everyone may refer to the authorisation when marketing the product. While the EFSA has confirmed that the yellow mealworm is safe under the uses and use levels proposed by the applicant, its potential as regards allergic reactions will need to be addressed in the labelling, particularly for those who are allergic to crustaceans.