Studies on the Nutritive Value and Food Safety of Ericerus pela Eggs

White wax scale(Ericerus pela) is one kind of important resource insects. Considering the nutritive and comprehensive utilization of its eggs, this paper deals with the nutritive value and food safety of white wax scale eggs. The research results showed that there are rich protein, amino acids, mineral elements and vitamins in the eggs. There are 44.6% protein in eggs and 53.57% in shells of eggs. The amino acids amounts are 33.16% and 50.53% respectively. The total amino acids amounts necessary to human are 12.38% and 17.90% respectively. The food safety research showed that the insect eggs are nontoxic and there are not any by-effect of causing mutation and deformity. Therefore white wax scale eggs are nutritious and safety for human to eat.