Table 3.

Crude Protein, crude fat, crude ash, crude fiber, carbohydrate (g/100 g dry matter basis), and dry mater (DM) content (% dry matter basis) of the house crickets on two commercial diets, PPF (22% protein diet) and BF (16% protein diet) and other formulated diets, PB (19% protein diet), PPFP (18% protein diet), and PPDP (20% protein diet)

Diet treatment	DM	Protein	Fat	Ash	Fiber	Carbohydrate
PPF	29.89 ± 0.03c	76.19 ± 0.01a	8.9 ± 0.06e	4.6 ± 0.02a	3.7 ± 0.02e	10.2 ± 0.07b
PB	29.54 ± 0.02d	71.02 ± 0.03c	19.3 ± 0.02b	4.4 ± 0.02d	6.4 ± 0.02c	5.2 ± 0.14d
BF	31.65 ± 0.03b	70.38 ± 0.02d	14.8 ± 0.01c	4.5 ± 0.02b	7.5 ± 0.03a	10.3 ± 0.08a
PPFP	40.55 ± 0.02a	48.06 ± 0.04e	43.9 ± 0.01a	2.9 ± 0.02c	4.5 ± 0.02d	5.1 ± 0.12e
PPDP	29.25 ± 0.01e	75.79 ± 0.11b	12.9 ± 0.02d	4.5 ± 0.01b	6.6 ± 0.02b	6.8 ± 0.16c

^aValues are mean ± SD of triplicate analysis.

^bDry matter content (DM).

^cPPF (Pure pride or 22% protein diet).

^dPB (diet consisted of a mixture of 50% Pure pride and 50% Betagro or 19% protein diet).

^eBF (Betagro or 16% protein diet).

^fPPFP (diet consisted of a mixture of Pure pride supplemented with 100 g fresh pumpkin pulp per day or 18% protein diet).

^gPPDP (diet consisted of a mixture of Pure pride and 100 g dry pumpkin pulp per day or 20% protein diet).

^hMean values with different superscripts letters in a column are significant at the 0.05 level.