Table 3.

Amino acid composition data of edible insects and meat (mg/100 g edible portion) [28,35,43,44,45,47,48].

	Essential Amino Acids									Non-Essential Amino Acids
Species	Ile	Leu	Lys	Mth	Tryp	Phe	His	Thre	Val	Arg	Cys	Tyr	Ala	Aa	Ga	Gly	Pro	Ser
Acheta domesticus A [44,47]	940	2050	1100	300	130	650	480	740	1070	1250	170	1000	1800	1720	2150	1040	1150	1020
Acheta domesticus L [43,45]	710	1270	1090	274	144	587	450	680	1050	1360	160	1100	1770	1390	2050	1060	1070	750
Gryllus bimaculatus A [47]	920	1650	1140	350	220	740	520	810	1360	1140	160	1170	1930	1970	2440	1240	1250	1050
Tenebrio molitor A [44]	1030	1960	1050	300	260	620	680	810	1500	1020	140	790	1810	1660	2280	2000	1500	980
Tenebrio molitor L [28,43,44]	835	1400	1070	400	216	654	559	770	1280	1380	163	1370	1640	1520	2130	1040	1300	960
Zophobas mori L [35,43]	881	1360	1070	255	203	740	600	780	1230	1290	175	1310	1440	1620	2440	950	1060	812
Gonimbrasia belina L [28,35,48]	1300	1830	1460	410	480	1350	600	1840	1120	2410	110	974	1300	2234	4120	1100	876	1210
Bombyx mori L [35,45]	290	430	440	110	60	250	260	250	350	380	80	300	360	610	900	510	310	340
Pyralidae L [35,45]	670	1240	920	440	140	600	360	590	840	820	210	880	1150	1490	1950	930	1240	1240
Mutton leg	773	1195	1267	381	196	621	425	727	785	1068	198	512	1026	1362	2289	919	725	650
Veal leg	826	1293	1349	413	174	660	551	688	853	1074	137	578	991	1514	2311	881	743	688
Horsemeat	1457	2129	2240	627	226	853	627	874	1122	1613	292	829	1212	1860	2735	964	896	943
Pork shoulder	821	1432	1483	487	235	699	584	966	927	1085	207	622	1064	1540	2542	921	659	620
Beef sirloin	997	1680	1844	560	232	911	706	951	1038	1309	265	746	1210	1862	3165	1007	783	835
Rabbit carcass	825	1277	1462	452	186	771	426	717	851	1063	213	611	1010	1595	2738	851	851	691
Goose carcass	264	493	515	144	84	254	162	268	287	390	41	206	365	547	917	357	257	232
Duck carcass	391	611	686	214	95	329	250	370	479	580	104	280	589	752	1445	656	438	372
Turkey breast	915	1419	2015	522	248	703	537	994	953	1237	121	618	1191	1901	3246	941	813	826
Turkey drumstick	797	1233	1758	452	217	607	468	865	826	1065	105	536	1029	1647	2823	775	681	717
Chicken breast	1251	1579	2022	631	360	772	941	911	1345	321	279	735	1441	2157	3505	1334	1028	886
Chicken drumstick	982	1240	1590	497	283	606	739	715	1057	1154	220	578	1134	1694	2756	1049	809	697

Column heading abbreviations are as follows: Ile—isoleucine, Leu—leucine, Lys—lysine, Mth—methionine, Cys—cystine, Phe—phenylalanine, Tyr—tyrosine, Thre—threonine, Tryp—tryptophane, Val—valine, Arg—arginine, His—histidine, Ala—alanine, Aa—aspartic acid, Ga—glutamic acid, Gly—glycine, Pro—proline, Ser—serine, A—adult insect, L—larval form.