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. 2021 Jun 7;10(6):505. doi: 10.3390/biology10060505

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (g/100 g of sample on DM-basis) of black soldier fry (BSF), partially defatted black soldier fry (PDBSF), and fishmeal (FM) used in the study.

BSF PDBSF FM
C12:0 53.81 47.29 0.09
C14:0 8.87 8.55 2.91
C14:1n-5 0.15 0.16 -
C16:0 20.47 14.05 18.67
C16:1n-7 6.21 4.41 5.43
C18:0 4.65 3.10 4.35
C18:1n-9 23.37 10.58 26.10
C18:2n-6 0.13 - 0.19
C18:3n-3 5.17 0.97 3.28
C18:3n-6 0.15 0.09 0.11
C20:1n-9 0.27 0.31 0.41
C20:2 0.12 - 0.17
C20:3n-6 0.23 - 0.14
C20:4n-6 1.31 0.21 1.29
C20:3n-3 0.11 - 0.09
C20:5n-3 EPA 3.67 0.20 4.45
C22:2n-6 0.13 0.10 1.06
C22:6n-3 DHA 0.78 0.13 6.71
∑SFA 87.8 72.99 26.02
∑MUFA 30.0 15.46 31.94
∑PUFA 11.80 1.70 17.49
∑n-3 9.73 1.30 14.53
∑n-6 1.95 0.40 2.79
∑n-3/∑n-6 4.99 3.25 5.21

Note: SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; EPA, eicosahexanoic acid; DHA, decosahexanoic acid; -, not detected.