TABLE 1.

Intrinsic properties during tropical house cricket rearing^a

Sample	Sample day	Intrinsic property
		pH	aw	Moisture content (%)
Peat-peel mix	0	4.99 ± 1.09	0.98 ± 0.00	76.6 ± 3.9
Feed	0	5.51 ± 0.08 a	0.59 ± 0.02 a	10.3 ± 0.4 a
	26	5.59 ± 0.01 a	0.61 ± 0.01 a	10.3 ± 0.3 a
Substrate	12	5.57 ± 0.11 a	0.73 ± 0.02 a	13.0 ± 1.0 a
	26	5.41 ± 0.04 a	0.78 ± 0.04 a	15.5 ± 1.0 b
	37	5.49 ± 0.06 a	0.61 ± 0.04 b	9.8 ± 0.2 c
Crickets	40	6.64 ± 0.10 A	0.97 ± 0.01 A	71.5 ± 0.7 A
Heat-treated cricketsb	40	6.84 ± 0.05 B	0.98 ± 0.00 A	73.8 ± 0.4 B

^aData are the mean ± standard deviation values of three replicates. Means per product with the same lowercase letter within the same column do not differ significantly (P > 0.05). Means from different products with the same uppercase letter within the same column do not differ significantly (P > 0.05).

^bThe heat treatment consisted of bringing the crickets to a boil in a kettle with water.