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. 2021 Dec 3;8:792941. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.792941

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Proximate content, on a % dry matter basis, using both data analyzed in this paper and literature-sourced data. From top to bottom: ash, crude protein, and crude fat content. From left to right: Hermetia illucens (black soldier fly, BSF; in gray), Musca domestica (house fly, HSF; in purple), Rhynchophorus phoenicis (palm weevil, PL; in orange), Cirina butyrospermi (shea tree caterpillar, STC; in green), and Macrotermes bellicosus (termite, TM; in blue). The horizontal hashed lines in the bottom two panels represent the crude protein and crude fat content of beef, respectively, obtained from van Huis et al. (24).