Table 1.

Ingredient and analyzed chemical composition of experimental diets¹.

	Control-1	6.25IM	12.5IM	25IM	Control-2	3.7IP	6.7IP
Ingredients (%)
Fishmeal	25	23.24	21.48	17.69	25	20.27	16.62
Soy protein concentrate	35.5	33.45	30.92	25.58	35.5	29.18	23.92
Corn gluten	4	3.72	3.44	2.59	4	3.24	2.66
Faba bean	1.85	1.72	1.59	1.03	1.85	1.5	1.23
BSFL meal	0	8.07	16.13	32.27	0	0	0
BSFL paste	0	0	0	0	0	19.8	35.12
Wheat flour	13.64	13.64	13.64	13.64	13.64	11.91	10.56
Wheat bran	4	2.47	1.28	0	3.12	2.16	0.98
Fish oil	15	12.68	10.51	6.19	15	11.06	8.13
Formic acid	0	0	0	0	0.88	0	0
Yttrium oxide	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Vit/min premix	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.57	0.5
Methionine	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.17	0.15
Choline chloride	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.13	0.12
Chemical composition (%, as is)
Dry matter	92.9	92.5	91.5	90.8	91.1	91.9	91.9
Crude protein	46.8	47.4	46.4	45.7	45.8	47.2	47.9
Crude lipid	14.6	15.5	17.2	15.9	16.2	13	13.3
Starch	12.3	12.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	12	12.8
Ash	5.52	5.88	6.17	6.83	5.3	5.67	6.08
Formic acid	0	0	0	0	0.72	0.58	1.1
Gross energy (MJ kg-1)	21.9	21.7	21.7	21.5	21.6	21.4	21.1

¹Control-1: Control diet. 6.25IM, 12.5IM and 25IM: black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) meal substituted 6.25%, 12.5% and 25% of protein content of Control-1. Control-2: Control diet with 0.88% of formic acid. 3.7IP and 6.7IP: BSFL paste substituted 3.7% and 6.7% of protein content of Control-1.