Table 2.

Amino acid composition of YMM, SBM and diets (%, dry matter)¹.

Amino acid	Ingredients		Diets
	YMM	SBM	SBM	H25	H50	H75	H100
EAA
Arginine	3.52 ± 0.131	3.36 ± 0.104	2.19 ± 0.087	2.15 ± 0.121	2.12 ± 0.142	2.01 ± 0.046	1.95 ± 0.154
Histidine	0.68 ± 0.110	1.09 ± 0.097	0.96 ± 0.047	0.94 ± 0.08	0.86 ± 0.070	0.82 ± 0.052	0.82 ± 0.089
Isoleucine	2.29 ± 0.032	1.94 ± 0.015	1.57 ± 0.006	1.61 ± 0.005	1.66 ± 0.016	1.62 ± 0.006	1.62 ± 0.027
Leucine	3.68 ± 0.026	3.17 ± 0.021	2.72 ± 0.011	2.74 ± 0.023	2.74 ± 0.025	2.88 ± 0.042	2.88 ± 0.014
Lysine	4.85 ± 0.044	2.53 ± 0.061	2.03 ± 0.008	2.26 ± 0.022	2.29 ± 0.009	2.29 ± 0.030	2.29 ± 0.005
Methionine	1.19 ± 0.052	0.57 ± 0.030	0.53 ± 0.006	0.55 ± 0.020	0.55 ± 0.018	0.62 ± 0.009	0.61 ± 0.011
Phenylalanine	2.24 ± 0.007	2.41 ± 0.088	1.69 ± 0.077	1.64 ± 0.049	1.64 ± 0.072	1.64 ± 0.064	1.73 ± 0.112
Threonine	2.69 ± 0.036	1.82 ± 0.059	1.37 ± 0.124	1.38 ± 0.091	1.38 ± 0.107	1.38 ± 0.065	1.40 ± 0.051
Valine	3.05 ± 0.034	2.18 ± 0.037	1.77 ± 0.008	1.88 ± 0.025	1.96 ± 0.048	1.99 ± 0.022	1.99 ± 0.060
∑EAA	24.69 ± 0.431	19.82 ± 0.302	15.19 ± 0.045	15.32 ± 0.072	15.35 ± 0.021	15.31 ± 0.033	15.44 ± 0.022
NEAA
Alanine	4.25 ± 0.071	2.03 ± 0.016	1.37 ± 0.005	1.49 ± 0.011	1.52 ± 0.008	1.51 ± 0.010	1.54 ± 0.017
Glycine	2.98 ± 0.045	1.86 ± 0.058	1.42 ± 0.093	1.40 ± 0.110	1.47 ± 0.061	1.51 ± 0.083	1.50 ± 0.096
Glutamic acid	7.69 ± 0.062	8.09 ± 0.029	7.41 ± 0.054	7.09 ± 0.067	6.91 ± 0.072	6.51 ± 0.094	6.51 ± 0.122
Proline	4.13 ± 0.112	2.41 ± 0.063	2.37 ± 0.015	2.37 ± 0.014	2.59 ± 0.008	2.51 ± 0.009	2.57 ± 0.017
Serine	2.26 ± 0.063	2.32 ± 0.088	1.76 ± 0.007	1.84 ± 0.007	1.84 ± 0.06	1.91 ± 0.021	2.10 ± 0.005
Aspartic acid	4.98 ± 0.076	5.11 ± 0.098	3.38 ± 0.012	3.28 ± 0.011	3.12 ± 0.006	2.84 ± 0.032	2.85 ± 0.019
∑NEAA	26.1 ± 0.281	22.03 ± 0.374	17.68 ± 0.047	17.48 ± 0.044	17.46 ± 0.006	16.92 ± 0.030	17.21 ± 0.018

YMM = yellow mealworm meal; SBM = soybean meal; EAA = essential amino acids; NEAA = non-essential amino acids.

¹SBM was substituted by YMM at 0% (SBM), 25% (H25), 50% (H50), 75% (H75) and 100% (H100), respectively.