Water consumption, feed intake and body weight of the rats during the intervention period. (a) Water consumption (b) feed intake per week, and (c) the body weight of the rats was measured each week doing the intervention period. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, values within the same cluster not sharing a common letter are significant different (p < 0.05). Chow diet (Chow, n = 6, red), insect-substituted pork sausage diet (Insect, n = 12, blue or pork sausage diet (Pork, n = 12, green). The groups found to be significantly different by ANOVA (p-value > 0.05) are marked with a star (*).