After the green light of the European Union, since yesterday the defatted powder of acheta domesticus (the ordinary cricket) can be used in food products and is therefore present on the shelves of our supermarkets. Five years ago only few would have imagined that this could happen: as confirmed by a BVA Doxa research for the group Rentokil, almost 60% of Italians thought that insects would never be accepted as food in Italy. Novel food, which brings to our tables new foods including insects and arachnids such as grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, caterpillars and scorpions, was seen as a hypothesis not viable on our tables, and the thought of finding an insect-based product on a shelf or in the refrigerator caused a reaction of disgust in 63% of respondents. The percentage was also in line in the case of restaurants: finding a dish in the menu based on insects would not be liked by 60% of the respondents. The much-discussed food security, which emerged as one of the main doubts related to the approval of this measure, was an element that already worried Italians five years ago. In fact, 73% of Italians thought that the production of the same would require greater attention in terms of food safety and hygiene practices, and 55% were very concerned from the point of view of health for the practices that can be used or not in the processing of insects for food use. Nevertheless, what once was considered the food of the future has now become a reality, and the revolution in the dish has definitely had an important push. Time to say how much Italians will recreate themselves and how they will respond to new food trends.