Table 7.
Anti-nutrient content (mg/100 g) of selected edible insects.
| Phytate | Tannin | Oxalate | Trypsin Inhibitor | Lectin | Hydrocyanide | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ant † | 2030.8 | 400.0 | [143] | ||||
| Termite † | 2482.1 | 948.3 | |||||
| Winged termite † | 1128.2 | 250.0 | |||||
| Cricket † | 3159.0 | 900.0 | |||||
| Meal bug | 2256.4 | 1150.0 | |||||
| Grasshopper † | 1100.1 | 1050.0 | |||||
| Anaphe venata † | 1918.0 | 753.3 | |||||
| Tree hopper | 1000.0 | ||||||
| Rhynchophorus pheonicis * L | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | [144] | |
| Gymnogryllus lucens† A | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.3 | 0.2 | [145] | ||
| Heteroligus meles † | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2.8 | 0.3 | |||
| Rhynchophorus† L | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1.8 | 0.2 | |||
| Zonocerus variegatus† A | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2.6 | 0.3 | |||
| Oedaleus abruptus† A | 2450.0 | 600.0 | [146] | ||||
| Lethocerus indicus * N,A | 372.3 | [147] | |||||
| Laccotrephes maculatus * N,A | 350.4 | ||||||
| Hydrophilus olivaceous * A | 528.7 | ||||||
| Cybister tripunctatus * A | 301.7 | ||||||
| Crocothemes servillia * N | 465.3 | ||||||
| Macrotermes nigeriensis† A | 15.2 | 0.6 | 103.0 | [37] | |||
| Oryctes rhinoceros† L | 16.1 | 0.6 | 109.0 | ||||
| Oecophylla smaragdina† A | 171.0 | 496.7 | [38] | ||||
| Odontotermes sp. † A | 141.2 | 615.0 | |||||
| Oxya hyla hyla† A | 2316.0 | 474.0 | [148] | ||||
| Oryctes rhinoceros† L | 37.0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | [70] | |||
| Oryctes rhinoceros† P | 39.4 | 6.8 | 1.3 | ||||
| Oryctes rhinoceros† A | 41.1 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
L = Larva, P = Pupa, N = Nymph, A = Adult; * Anti-nutrient content was estimated on the basis of wet weight; † Anti-nutrient content was estimated on the basis of dry weight.