Table 1 Chemical composition of the insect meals, g/100 g DM (unless otherwise stated)
Item | Full-fat meals obtained with different drying temperaturea | Defatted meals with different residual ether extract contentb | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HI 40 °C | HI 50 °C | HI 60 °C | HI 70 °C | TM 30 °C | TM 50 °C | TM 60 °C | TM 70 °C | HI 19.7 | HI 12.8 | HI 9.2 | HI 7.0 | HI 4.7 | TM 8.1 | TM 5.7 | |
DM, g/100g | 89.1 | 89.8 | 93.1 | 91.8 | 92.9 | 94.3 | 95.6 | 96.2 | 95.0 | 93.4 | 93.6 | 94.4 | 94.0 | 93.4 | 92.5 |
OM | 88.7 | 88.6 | 88.7 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.7 | 93.3 | 89.8 | 88.2 | 87.8 | 91.8 | 94.7 | 94.8 |
CP | 35.7 | 35.6 | 35.3 | 35.9 | 44.7 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.5 | 41.2 | 50.9 | 51.6 | 50.3 | 61.3 | 56.5 | 63.8 |
EE | 24.0 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 19.7 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 5.7 |
NDF | 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.9 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 23.6 | 31.5 | 25.7 | 26.8 | 29.8 | 25.4 | 22.5 | 24.8 |
ADF | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
ADL | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
NDIN | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
ADIN | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Chitin | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 7.8 |