Table 3.

Essential amino acid (g/100 g of protein) contents in insect species and pork, beef, chicken, soybean meal, and fishmeal.

Item	Mealworm Larvae [47]	Black Soldier Fly Larvae [48]	House Cricket Imago [48]	Pork (longissimus dorsi muscle) [49]	Beef (Chuck) [50]	Chicken (Breast) [51]	Soybean Meal [52]	Fish Meal (Peruvian anchovy) [53]
Protein (g/100 g DM)	52.23	45.2	67.4	19.09	68.00	21.3	45.97	68.77
Arg	3.61	4.78	6.19	2.72	7.04	8.83	5.67	5.21
Val	3.62	9.03	9.36	3.67	6.59	4.79	4.33	5.38
Leu	4.22	7.23	8.00	4.27	9.09	7.09	8.04	7.66
Ile	2.51	4.73	4.91	2.39	5.65	3.90	4.00	4.00
Phe	2.51	4.38	3.77	3.1	4.54	3.71	5.99	3.36
Phe + tyr	6.62	10.58	11.77	4.82	8.53	6.81	9.21	6.28
Met	1.15	1.53	1.68	2.61	3.49	4.98	1.11	3.14
Met + Cys	3.42	2.79	2.76	2.81	4.97	6.01	2.05	4.19
Lys	3.03	7.43	6.41	3.96	9.79	9.95	5.44	7.63
His	1.60	3.21	2.63	2.6	4.32	3.47	3.00	2.08
Trp	0.57	1.46	1.04	0.23	1.37	2.07	1.65	0.99
Thr	2.42	4.18	3.90	3.05	5.04	4.93	4.81	4.14
Sum EAA	31.62	55.42	59.96	38.15	62.40	57.84	48.20	47.56