Table 8.

Vitamin contents of edible insects and meat (per 100 g edible portion) [28,29,35,36,43,44].

Vitamins Species	A (µg/100 g)	E (mg/100 g)	B1 (mg/100 g)	B2 (mg/100 g)	PP (mg/100 g)	B6 (mg/100 g)	B12 (µg/100 g)	C (mg/100 g)
Acheta domesticus A [28,29,44]	6.53	2.26	0.04	3.41	3.84	0.23	0.53	3.0
Acheta domesticus L [28,43,44]	<30	0.64	0.24	1.66	3.28	0.17	0.87	1.8
Gryllus bimaculatus A [36]	-	-	0.36	1.91	3.10	-	-	-
Tenebrio molitor A [35,44]	<30	<0.34	0.1	0.85	5.64	0.81	0.56	5.4
Tenebrio molitor L [28,29,43,44,45]	16.9–29.0	1.31–1.9	0.18	0.81–1.21	4.07–4.65	0.81	0.47	1.8–9.9
Zophobas morio L [43,44]	<30	0.52	0.17	1.12	3.53	0.32	0.99	1.2–10.1
Bombyx mori L [44]	47.4	0.59	0.33	0.94	2.63	0.16	0.01	<1.0
Pyralidae L [44]	<30	0.89	0.23	0.73	3.75	0.13	0.12	<1.0
Mutton leg	44.52	0.28	0.13	0.18	4,37	0.13	0.84	0
Veal leg	23.70	0.24	0.14	0.22	5.14	0.24	1.03	0
Horse meat	30.00	0.52	0.14	0.27	4.50	0.50	3.10	0
Pork shoulder	0.00	0.33	0.49	0.23	4.86	0.25	0.57	0
Beef sirloin	11.00	0.20	0.12	0.26	5.54	0.25	1.40	0
Rabbit carcass	0.00	0.10	0.02	0.05	5.53	0.47	7.90	0
Goose carcass	12.30	0.08	0.05	0.01	2.62	0.24	0.12	0
Duck carcass	15.36	0.13	0.11	0.14	2.21	0.06	0.13	0
Turkey breast	9.00	0.02	0.04	0.15	4.92	0.59	0.70	0
Turkey drumstick	20.00	0.02	0.08	0.21	3.26	0.30	1.70	0
Chicken breast	6.00	0.30	0.09	0.15	12.44	0.55	0.40	0
Chicken drumstick	20.00	0.30	0.08	0.25	3.06	0.33	0.40	0

Column heading abbreviations are as follows: A—vitamin A, E—vitamin E, B1—thiamin, B2—riboflavin, PP—niacin, B6—pyridoxine, B12—cobalamin, C—vitamin C, A—adult insect, L—larval form.