Table 5 Effect of various dietary fat applications in broiler chicken diets on the breast muscle fatty acid profile (g/100 g FA).

From: Insect fat influences broiler performance, meat quality, and the cecal microbiota similarly to plant oils rather than animal fats

Component

Treatment

9SEM

P value

1HI

2SO

3RO

4PO

5PKFD

6PF

7PL

8BT

Saturated fatty acids

 C12:0

0.18

0.18

0.19

0.19

0.18

0.18

0.18

0.18

0.001

0.733

 C14:0

0.96

0.94

0.96

0.96

0.94

0.93

0.94

0.94

0.003

0.311

 C15:0

0.15

0.14

0.14

0.14

0.14

0.13

0.14

0.13

0.001

0.128

 C16:0

15.9

16.2

15.6

15.5

16.7

16.6

14.7*

16.1

0.116

 < 0.001

 C17:0

0.13

0.13

0.13

0.13

0.13

0.13

0.14

0.12

0.002

0.243

 C18:0

4.93

5.08

4.87

5.31

4.92

5.30

5.08

5.05

0.068

0.662

 C20:0

0.19

0.18

0.19

0.18

0.19

0.19

0.18

0.18

0.001

0.103

Unsaturated fatty acids

 C16:1 n7

1.39

1.39

1.42

1.41

1.40

1.39

1.38

1.41

0.007

0.775

 C17:1

1.51

1.49

1.49

1.51

1.50

1.51

1.49

1.48

0.006

0.893

 C18:1 n9

34.7

34.9

35.2

35.0

34.8

34.7

35.5*

34.5

0.071

0.029

 C20:1

0.08

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.09

0.001

0.099

 C18:2 n6

37.0

37.2

37.0

37.0

36.8

36.6

36.9

37.0

0.062

0.534

 C18:3 n3

2.34

1.63*

2.27

2.24

1.76

1.71

2.86

2.28

0.071

 < 0.001

 C18:3 n6

0.34

0.35

0.35

0.34

0.35

0.35

0.34

0.34

0.001

0.606

 C20:2

0.17

0.16

0.15

0.14

0.14

0.16

0.15

0.16

0.004

0.280

Summarized fatty acid

 10SFA

22.4

22.8

22.1

22.4

23.2

23.4*

21.3*

22.7

0.110

 < 0.001

 11UFA

77.6

77.2

77.9

77.6

76.8

76.6*

78.7*

77.3

0.110

 < 0.001

 12MUFA

37.7

37.9

38.2

38.0

37.8

37.7

38.4*

37.5

0.071

0.027

 13PUFA

39.9

39.3

39.7

39.6

39.0*

38.9**

40.3

39.8

0.085

 < 0.001

 PUFA/SFA

1.78

1.72

1.80

1.77

1.69

1.66*

1.89*

1.76

0.012

 < 0.001

 n6

37.4

37.5

37.3

37.3

37.1

37.0

37.3

37.4

0.062

0.548

 n3

2.34

1.63*

2.27

2.24

1.76

1.71

2.86

2.28

0.071

 < 0.001

 n6/n3

16.0

33.6

16.5

16.6

50.0*

23.8

13.8

16.5

3.198

0.002

 14AI

0.257

0.262

0.252

0.252

0.269

0.268

0.237*

0.260

0.002

 < 0.001

 15TI

0.489

0.524

0.480

0.490

0.528*

0.538**

0.446*

0.499

0.005

 < 0.001

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001—the reference group (BSFL) is significantly different within a row when asterisks are present. 1BSFL—basal diet with 100% black soldier fly (H. illucens) larval fat; 2SO—basal diet with 100% soybean oil; 3RO—basal diet with 100% rapeseed oil; 4PO—basal diet with 100% palm oil; 5PKFD—basal diet with 100% palm kernel fat distillate; 6PF—basal diet with 100% poultry fat; 7PL—basal diet with 100% pig lard; 8BT—basal diet with 100% beef tallow; 9SEM—standard error of the mean; 10SFA—saturated fatty acids; 11UFA—unsaturated fatty acids; 12MUFA—monounsaturated fatty acids; 13PUFA—polyunsaturated fatty acids; 14AI—atherogenic index; 15TI—thrombogenic index; Means represent 1 bird randomly chosen from each pen (n = 10).
  2. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) or the Kruskal‒Wallis test, depending on the normal distribution of the data, provides the probability level (P value) exhibited in the last column.