"The dust is a whole, complete and balanced food and provides much more nutritional value than the vegetables they are dusted on. The greens basically become the "delivery system". It is designed not to "balance" the greens as the ICB does the cricket, but to be a complete food that could even be used with iceberg to provide complete nutrition to your animal. It allows the keeper to use" whatever greens are in the fridge" and makes it easier for most people to provide balanced nutrition for their reptiles. It can be dusted on greens in liberal amounts. It can also be mixed with water and made into a “dressing” that can be “tossed” into greens as in making a Caesar’s Salad."