Table 5.
Mineral composition (mg/100 g) in selected insect species and common livestock species.
| Item | Black Soldier Fly (Larvae) [73,75] |
House Cricket (Adult) [44] |
Mealworm (Larvae) [77,78] |
Duck (Breast) [79,80] |
Pork (Semimembranosus Muscle) [81] |
Chicken (Muscle) [82] |
Lamb (Lean Lamb) [83] |
Beef (Intercostal Muscles) [83] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroelements | ||||||||
| Ca | 2900 | 140.3 | 43.5 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 16.1 | 6.1 |
| P | 350 | 842.4 | 706 | 205.7 | 225 | 134.4 | 195 | 182 |
| Ca:P | 8:1 | 1:6 | 1:16 | 1:25 | 1:19 | 1:12 | 1:12 | 1:29 |
| K | 57 | 365.3 | 947.9 | 227.2 | 280 | 206.4 | 303 | 266 |
| Mg | 24.5 | 127.9 | 202.7 | 21.4 | 26.6 | 17.9 | 23.5 | 21.2 |
| Na | 100 | 95 | 364.5 | 101.4 | 59.8 | 78.3 | 68.3 | 39.8 |
| Microelements | ||||||||
| Zn | 61.4 | 18.4 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Fe | 200 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| Mn | 2 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 10.7 | 11.9 |
| Cu | 0.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.1 |