Heliciculture, also known as heliculture, but more commonly known as snails farming is the process by which an individual will reproduce, grow and sell snails for human consumption, as an escargot or to acquire snail gel for the use in cosmetics. Snail eggs have more recently been used as snail caviar or white caviar. When the word ‘escargot’ is mentioned, countries such as France, Spain and Italy come to mind but edible snails have been placed on many menus across the globe. Edible snails have been consumed for thousands of years and surprisingly did not originate from the above-mentioned countries.