Table 7 Nutrient compositions (g/kg) of grower diets administered to broiler chickens from 15 to 35 days of age.

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

Ingredients, g kg−1

1BSFL

2SO

3RO

4PO

5PKFD

6PF

7PL

8BT

Maize

629.2

629.2

629.2

595.7

622.5

627.1

619.6

600.2

Soybean meal, 468 g kg1

283.8

283.8

283.8

289.0

284.9

284.2

285.3

288.3

Dietary fata

51.5

51.5

51.5

79.70

57.1

53.2

59.5

75.9

Vitamin premixb

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

Dicalcium phosphate

8.58

8.58

8.58

8.65

8.60

8.58

8.60

8.64

Limestone

9.40

9.40

9.40

9.30

9.40

9.40

9.40

9.40

NaCl

1.49

1.49

1.49

1.51

1.50

1.49

1.50

1.51

Na2SO4

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.07

2.10

2.1

2.09

2.08

L-Lysine

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

L-Methionine

2.59

2.59

2.59

2.62

2.60

2.59

2.60

2.62

L-Threonine

2.82

2.82

2.82

2.89

2.80

2.83

2.84

2.88

L-Valine

0.53

0.53

0.53

0.54

0.50

0.53

0.53

0.53

Calculated nutritive value, g kg−1

 AMEN, kcal kg−1

3200

3200

3200

3200

3200

3200

3200

3200

 Crude protein

185.0

185.0

185.0

185.0

185.0

185.0

185.0

185.0

 Crude fat

78.8

78.8

78.8

105.7

84.1

80.4

86.4

102.1

 Crude fiber

24.9

24.9

24.9

24.4

24.8

24.9

24.8

24.5

 Calcium

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

 Lysine

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.3

 Methionine + Cystine

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

Analyzed nutritive value, g kg−1

 Dry matter

874.9

874.8

874

874.7

872.1

881.2

874.5

873.7

 Crude protein

180.6

181.5

182.4

182.5

178.8

184.5

187.7

183

 Ether extract

77.5

75

75.2

73.6

78.7

73.5

77.4

75.8

 Crude Fiber

28.4

25

28.8

28.7

27.6

24.8

29

29.4

 Gross energy, kcal kg−1

4227

4135

4153

4191

4108

4201

4193

4086

  1. aThe following dietary fats were added: 1BSFL—H. illucens larvae fat; 2SO—soybean oil; 3RO—rapeseed oil; 4PO—palm oil; 5PKFD—palm kernel distillate; 6PF—poultry fat; 7PL—pork lard; 8BT—beef tallow; b Provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 11 000 IU; cholecalciferol, 2 500 IU; vitamin E, 50 mg; menadione, 2.50 mg; vitamin B, 0.02 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; choline, 300 mg; D- pantothenic acid, 13.6 mg; riboflavin, 7.0 mg; niacin, 41.7 mg; thiamine, 2.0 mg; D-biotin, 0.20 mg; pyridoxine, 4.0 mg; ethoxyquin, 0.1 mg; Mn (MnO2), 60 mg; Zn (ZnO), 95 mg; Fe (FeSO4), 45 mg; Cu (CuSO4), 20 mg; I (CaI2O6), 0.6 mg; and Se (Na2SeO3), 0.35 mg.