Skip to main content
. 2022 Nov 23;12(23):3251. doi: 10.3390/ani12233251

Table 2.

Analyzed fatty acid composition of black soldier fly larvae oil. As fed basis.

Nutrient Lot Number 1
1 2
Fat (acid hydrolysis), % 99.1 99.2
Fatty acid concentration, g/100 g
Lauric (C12:0) 37.3 36.5
Myristic (C14:0) 9.68 10.00
Palmitic (C16:0) 14.8 14.4
Palmitoleic (C16:1) 1.71 2.03
Stearic (C18:0) 2.07 2.24
Oleic (C18:1) 12.6 13.5
Linoleic (C18:2) 17.4 17.1
α-Linolenic (C18:3) 1.52 1.46
Others 2 2.02 1.94
Saturated fatty acids 65.1 64.3
Polyunsaturated fatty acids 19.0 18.6
Monounsaturated fatty acids 14.6 15.8
Trans fatty acids 0.40 0.47
Omega 3 fatty acids 1.52 1.46
Omega 6 fatty acids 17.4 17.1
Omega 9 fatty acids 12.6 13.5

1 Lot number 1 was used for phase 1 and 2 diets and lot number 2 was used for phase 3 diets. 2 Other fatty acids analyzed were present at concentrations of less than 0.75% and consisted of: butyric (C4:0), caproic (C6:0), caprylic (C8:0), capric (C10:0), tridecanoic (C13:0), myristoledic (C14:1 trans), myristoleic (C14:1 cis), pentadecanoic (C15:0), almitelaidic (C16:1 trans), heptadecanoic (C17:0), 10-heptadecanoic (C17:1), eliadic (C18:1 trans), linolelaidic (C18:2 trans), γ-linolenic (C18:3 γ), nonadecanoic (C19:0), arachidic (C20:0), 11-eicosenoic (C20:1), 11-14 eicosadienoic (C20:2), homo- γ linolenic (C20:3), 11-14-17 eicosatrienoic (C20:3), arachidonic (C20:4), eicosapentaenoic (C20:5), heneicosanoic (C21:0), behenic (C22:0), erucic (C22:1), docosadienoic (C22:2), docosapentaenoic (C22:5), docosahexaenoic (C22:6), tricosanoic (C23:0), lignoceric (C24:0), and nervonic (C24:1) acid.