Table 5.

The minerals content of yellow mealworm larvae

Minerals	mg/kg
Sodium (Na)	960–3,644
Magnesium (Mg)	2,026–4,100
Potassium (K)	6,440–19,290
Phosphorus (P)	6,640–14,290
Calcium (Ca)	434.6–2,070
Manganese (Mn)	3.3–13.5
Iron (Fe)	46.6–163
Copper (Cu)	7.8–65.4
Zinc (Zn)	82.3–183.7

Minerals contents were obtained from published sources [5, 25, 33, 34]