Please note: Delivery before Pesach not guaranteed for orders placed after March 31st, 2025.
 
After much demand, we finally have our famous kosher locusts back in stock!
 
Rich in protein and amino acids
Zero saturated fat or cholesterol
Makes for a lively Shabbat table discussion or to enrich your Passover seder
Heated at 65°C for 17 hours to kill pathogens
Ready to eat, or add toppings/ dips
Painlessly killed via freezing—no shechitah required
Baked under supervision for Shemirat Shabbat
Pareve—you can coat them with milk chocolate!
Species: Locusta migratoria 
 
Order today while supplies last! Bon appétit!
 
Locust Kashrut
The question of which locusts are kosher, and whether someone from a community without a tradition for them may nevertheless eat them, is discussed in detail in our article at our Knowledge Base, also available as a free leaflet at the museum. It is our view that even someone without a tradition may eat them, but others disagree.
The rabbinate does not take a position on whether or not one may eat locusts. The rabbinate certification on them is that the factory in which they are raised and heated/dried to kill pathogens does not operate on Shabbat.
 
Locust Species
Some people are concerned that the species of locust we sell, the migratory locust, is not the one for which the primary tradition exists (the desert locust). While there are those who will only eat desert locusts, in our Knowledge Base article we quote the opinion of Rav Yitzchak Ratzabi that the Mesorah also includes the migratory locust, and we provide reasons why we believe this view to be correct. In addition, we have a letter from Rav Shlomo Machpud of Bnei Brak, attesting that his grandson R. Yehuda clarified that the migratory locusts provided by our supplier are included in the Mesorah.
 
Pesach
The rabbinate which supervises the factory does not provide special Pesach certification. However, in our view there is no need for such certification. We are not selling powdered locust, which could theoretically have chametz mixed into it. These are whole locusts, without any additional ingredients. They are only “processed” in sterilization units in which they are heated and dried to kill pathogens, and these units are themselves cleaned and disinfected regularly. Accordingly, locusts are in the same category as various other foods that do not require special Pesach certification, such as plain tea bags, regular coffee, cocoa, white sugar, vegetables, nuts, chicken, and eggs (even pasteurised).