Table 2.
Amino acid composition (g/16 g nitrogen) of different insect meals compared with FM.
| Components (%, dry matter) |
FM | Black soldier fly | Yellow mealworm | SWP | Superworm | HMM | House cricket | Banded cricket | Lesser mealworm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential amino acids | |||||||||
| Arginine | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| Histidine | 2.4 | 3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | 3 |
| Isoleucine | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4 |
| Leucine | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 9.8 | 8 | 5.8 |
| Lysine | 7.5 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| Methionine | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| Phenylalanine | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 4.6 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| Tyrosine | 3.1 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
| Tryptophan | 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Valine | 4.9 | 8.2 | 6 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 5.1 | 6 | 4 |
| Nonessential amino acids | |||||||||
| Alanine | 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 4.6 |
| Aspartic acid | 9.1 | 11 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| Cysteine | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| Glutamic acid | 12.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 15.4 |
| Glycine | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Proline | 4.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| Serine | 3.9 | 3.1 | 7 | 5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5 |