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

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.