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Table 2.

Concentration of the macrominerals in the wet feeds and mealworm larvae biomass.

Wet feed macromineral composition
Wet feed	P	Mg	K	Na	Ca
Agar (Control)	23 ± 1^a	34 ± 1^a	3 ± 3^a	111 ± 0^a	336 ± 7^a
Vegetable mix	619 ± 25^b	199 ± 9^b	4057 ± 97^b	88 ± 4^b	496 ± 17^b
Potato cuttings	143 ± 3^c	27 ± 3^a	1070 ± 17^c	3 ± 2^c	31 ± 2^c
Fermented chicory roots	263 ± 17^d	185 ± 13^b	2340 ± 148^d	187 ± 16^d	530 ± 38^b
Horticultural foliage	785 ± 11^e	925 ± 18^c	9909 ± 110^e	33 ± 0^e	7276 ± 136^d

Mealworm biomass macromineral composition
Wet feed fed	P	Mg	K	Na	Ca
Agar (Control)	1095 ± 112^a	274 ± 32^ab	1216 ± 131^a	115 ± 42^ab	24 ± 4^a
Vegetable mix	939 ± 38^ab	297 ± 14^a	1128 ± 27^ab	105 ± 60^ab	28 ± 3^a
Potato cuttings	690 ± 30^b	165 ± 13^c	891 ± 45^b	96 ± 11^ab	2 ± 0^b
Fermented chicory roots	971 ± 32^a	244 ± 9^abc	1219 ± 33^ab	175 ± 5^a	79 ± 5^c
Horticultural foliage	1065 ± 14^a	222 ± 14^bc	1206 ± 20^a	63 ± 2^b	66 ± 7^c

Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Concentrations are expressed as mg/100 g DM. a–e, values not connected by the same letter are significantly different.