Table 5.
Minerals content (mg/100 g) of selected edible insects.
| Genus | Species | Developmental Stage | Ca | Mg | Na | K | P | Fe | Zn | Cu | Mn | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaphe | infracta | L | 8.6 | 1.0 | 111.3 | 1.8 | [46] | |||||
| reticulate | L | 10.5 | 2.6 | 102.4 | 2.2 | |||||||
| venata | L | 8.6 | 1.6 | 100.5 | 2.0 | |||||||
| sp. | L | 7.6 | 1.0 | 122.2 | 1.6 | |||||||
| venata | L | 40.0 | 50.0 | 30.0 | 1150.0 | 730.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 40.0 | [60] | |
| Apis | cerana | L | 63.1 | 86.6 | 37.2 | 823.1 | 715.6 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | [34] |
| P | 62.9 | 104.3 | 44.4 | 1153.2 | 931.5 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |||
| A | 91.1 | 148.8 | 77.1 | 1538.8 | 1283.9 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |||
| dorsata | P | 68.9 | 103.4 | 48.6 | 1136.6 | 905.0 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||
| A | 78.5 | 113.3 | 53.9 | 1254.3 | 972.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |||
| Brachytupes | orientalis | A | 76.3 | 87.2 | 112.0 | 412.3 | 18.7 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | [44] | |
| sp. | A | 9.2 | 0.1 | 126.9 | 0.7 | [22] | ||||||
| Imbrasia | epimethea | L | 224.7 | 402.2 | 75.3 | 1258.1 | 666.7 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 5.8 | [22] |
| ertli | L | 55.0 | 254.0 | 2418.0 | 1204.0 | 600.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 | |||
| oyemensis | L | 73.0 | 730.0 | 680.0 | ||||||||
| Macrotermes | subhylanus | A | 58.7 | 53.3 | 8.1 | [47] | ||||||
| bellicosus | A | 63.6 | 116.0 | 10.8 | ||||||||
| Pseudacanthotermes | militaris | A | 48.3 | 60.3 | 12.9 | |||||||
| spiniger | A | 42.9 | 64.8 | 7.1 |
L = Larva, P = Pupa, A = Adult.