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. 2021 Apr 6;13(4):1207. doi: 10.3390/nu13041207

Table 6.

Mineral contents of edible insects and meat (mg/100 g edible portion) [28,29,30,35,36,43,44,50].

Minerals
Species
Na K Ca P Mg Fe Zn Cu Mn I
Acheta domesticus A [28,29,35,43,44] 163–178 347–390 99.6 899.3 55.1 5.46–8.83 6.71–11.0 0.62 1.15 0.15
Acheta domesticus L [43,44] 110.0 285.0 36.6 219.0 22.6 2.12 6.8 0.51 0.89 0.028
Gryllus bimaculatus A [35,36] 88.84 321.71 105.14 702.02 72.94 9.5 14.39 3.86 3.4 -
Tenebrio molitor A
[30,35,44]
66.0 368.0 24.2 295.0 69 2,87 4.86 0.75 0.46 0.022
Tenebrio molitor L [29,30,35,43,44] 53.7 337.0 42.9 264–368 62–92 2.47 4.33–4.95 0.83 0.32 0.02
Zophobas morio L
[35,43,44]
38.5 286.0 26.2 209.0 43.5 1.99 3.02 0.36 0.37 <0.01
Gonimbrasia belina L [35,50] 1024.0 1032.0 174.0 543.0 160 51.06 17.95 0.91 3.95 -
Bombyx mori L [35,44] 47.5 316–391 49.8–72.2 172–237 56.9–78.3 2.23 3.07 0.36 0.39 <0.01
Pyralidae L [35,44] 9.21–16.5 221.0 24.3 157–457 34.3 2.94 3.0 0.38 0.13 <0.01
Mutton leg 65.5 319.2 8.4 178.9 19.3 2.3 2.7 0.1 0.03 0.025
Veal leg 101.1 194.3 7.9 126.4 12.6 1.9 1.6 0.2 0.02 0.017
Horse meat 46.0 345.0 15.0 200.0 24.0 3.5 2.7 0.1 0.01 0.018
Pork shoulder 50.0 293.6 4.1 130.4 15.6 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.01 0.008
Beef sirloin 52.0 382.0 4.0 212.0 26.0 3.1 2.9 0.1 0.04 0.008
Rabbit carcass 34.0 304.2 15.0 144.6 20.5 2.1 1.7 0.1 0.03 0
Goose carcass 19.7 99.6 2.1 62.3 7.4 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.01 0.003
Duck carcass 42.2 154.9 5.1 95.4 9.0 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.02 0.008
Turkey breast 47.0 460.0 2.0 238.0 35.0 0.5 0.8 0.05 0.01 0.007
Turkey drumstick 96.0 364.0 8.0 214.0 27.0 1.2 2.8 0.1 0.02 0
Chicken breast 55.0 385.0 5.0 240.0 33.0 0.4 0.5 0.01 0.01 0
Chicken drumstick 91.0 334.0 8.0 215.0 26.0 0.7 1.4 0.1 0.01 0

Column heading abbreviations are as follows: Na—sodium, K—potassium, Ca—calcium, P—phosphorus, Mg—magnesium, Fe—iron, Zn—zinc, Cu—copper, Mn—manganese, I—iodine, A—adult insect, L—larval form.