Table 1 Proximate, essential amino acid and fatty acid compositions of the mealworm meal (% DM)
Proximate composition (% DM) | Essential amino acid (% protein) | Fatty acid (% total fatty acids) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DM1 | CP2 | CL3 | Ash | Chitin | Arg | His | Ile | Leu | Lys | Met | Phe | Thr | Val | C12:0 | C14:0 | C16:0 | C18:0 | C16:1n-7 | C18:1n-9 | C18:2n-6 | C18:3n-3 | C18:3n-6 |
96.4 | 52.5 | 34.1 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 29.1 | 42.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 |