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. 2021 Apr 22;12(5):378. doi: 10.3390/insects12050378

Table 1.

Diet #46, one of the diets with the highest production of EGVM adults per unit of diet and sourced from ingredients available in Chile. Quantities for a 44 kg batch. All quantity units are in g.

Ingredient Quantity Percent
Tap water 28,600 65.0
Agar agar 572 1.3
Wheat bran 2640 6.0
Corn oil 44 0.1
Toasted soya flour 3036 6.9
Sugar 792 1.8
Wheat germ 2255 5.1
Nipagin 88 0.2
Potassium sorbate 88 0.2
Choline chloride 88 0.2
Formaldehyde (10% solution in water) 220 0.5
Acetic acid (25% solution in water) 748 1.7
Vitamínico, formula B 1 176 0.4
Sawdust 4664 10.6

1 Formula: calcium pantothenate (B-5) 25.38 g; amino nicotinic acid (B-3) 12.96 g; riboflavin 6.48 g; folic acid 6.48 g; hydrochloric thiamine (B-1) 3.24 g; hydrochloric pyroxydine (B-6) 3.24 g; biotin 0.26 g; B-12 0.016 g; formaldehyde (ca 37%) 0.5 mL; deionized water 1 μS 1000 mL; total wt. 1,058,556 g.