If cow’s milk run out then what is the best source to replace it? We all know that the cow milk is nutritious and consists of calories and nutrition. However, if it drains out which is the possible source to replace it? Researchers found the very nutritious food to feed the next generation. A group of international scientists has found that cockroach milk is four-time nutritious as compared to cow’s milk which consists of protein crystals in it.

Cockroaches normally don’t generate milk like any other insect. But, Diploptera punctate with common name pacific beetle cockroach gives birth to live young and generate milk to feed its young ones. The fact is that milk is been generated by an insect, and on top of that when studied a single protein crystal, it was found that not only it produces milk but the milk has three times more energy than cow’s milk. It was a good news, as scientists thought that if in future there was a need to feed the hungry planet, then this can be used.

The study was published in journal ‘The international Union of Crystallography’ under the title of ‘Structure of heterogeneous, glycosylated, lipid-bound, in vivo-grown protein crystal at atomic resolution from the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata’. This was done in a lab by a group of scientists by sequencing the genes of milk. One of the researcher Sanchari Banerjee said “The crystals are like a complete food—they have proteins, fats and sugars. If you look into the protein sequences, they will have all the essential amino acids”.

The genes are arranged by scientists, which are responsible for the production of milk in cockroach to make a copy since milking a cockroach is not easy. Subramaniam Ramasway Project leader says it to be a time-released food that is the food that is calorically high and is complete in all senses. It is an instant way to get calories and is a very stable protein supplement .