Table 1.

Ingredients (g/kg), chemical composition (g/100 g as fed), and metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) of the experimental diets C (control diet based on maize grain and soybean meal), HI25 (Hermetia illucens larva meal substituted the 25% of dietary vegetable protein) and HI50 (Hermetia illucens larva meal substituted the 50% of dietary vegetable protein).

	Diets
	C	HI25	HI50
Ingredients
Maize grain	605.5	597.5	630.5
Soybean meal	265	200	95
Insect meal	-	73	145
CaCO3 grains	80	80	80
Vegetable oil	10	10	10
MinVit *	10	10	10
Methionine	2.5	2.5	2.5
Monocalcium phosphate	5	5	5
Celite	20	20	20
Salt	2	2	2
Chemical Composition
Dry matter 1	91.53	91.39	91.62
Crude protein 1	16.45	16.32	17.03
Ether extract 1	3.17	3.61	4.06
Metabolizable Energy 2	11.85	11.90	11.89
Ash	14.00	14.21	14.13
Ca	4.63	4.75	4.51
Total P	0.68	0.69	0.65
Lysine 2	0.86	0.97	1.00
Methionine 2	0.63	0.58	0.61
Methionine + Cysteine	0.84	0.80	0.82
Isoleucine	0.72	0.73	0.75
Threonine	0.63	0.64	0.65
Tryptophan	0.18	0.15	0.16
Valine	0.93	1.07	1.14

¹ Determined according to AOAC (2004). ² Calculated according to NRC (1994).* Provided per kilogram: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 20,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 6000 IU; vitamin E (dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 80 IU; vitamin B1(thiamine monophosphate), 3 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 12 mg; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), 8 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 0.04 mg;, vitamin K3 (menadione), 4.8 mg; vitamin H (d biotin), 0.2 mg; vitamin PP (nicotinic acid), 48 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; calcium pantothenate, 20 mg; manganous oxide, 200 mg; ferrous carbonate, 80 mg; cupric sulphate pentahydrate, 20 mg; zinc oxide, 120 mg; basic carbonate monohydrate, 0.4 mg; anhydrous calcium iodate, 2 mg; sodium selenite, 0.4 mg; choline chloride, 800 mg; 4–6-phytase, 1800 FYT; D.L. methionine, 2600 mg; canthaxanthin, 8 mg.