Table 7.
Typical composition of commercially available feed ingredients and microalgal species.
| Feed Ingredients/Microalgae | Protein (% DW) | Lipid (% DW) | Carbohydrate (% DW) | Ash (% DW) |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish meal | 63.0 | 11.0 | N.A 1 | 16.8 | [124] |
| Soy bean meal | 44.0 | 2.2 | 39.0 | 6.1 | |
| Corn-gluten meal | 62.0 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 4.8 | |
| Wheat meal | 12.2 | 2.9 | 69.0 | 1.6 | |
| Chlorella sp. | 52.0 | 7.5 | 24.3 | 8.2 | |
| Chlorella pyrenoidosa | 57 | 2 | 26 | N.A. | [123] |
| Chlorella vulgaris | 51–58 | 14–22 | 12–17 | N.A. | |
| Chlamydomonas rheinhardii | 43–56 | 14–22 | 2.9–17 | N.A. | |
| Scenedesmus obliqus | 50–56 | 12–14 | 10–52 | N.A. | |
| Nannochloropsis granulata (CCMP-535) | 33.5 | 23.6 | 36.2 | 6.7 | [125] |
1 N.A. refers to not available.