Table 3 Ingredient and calculated or analysed1 nutrient composition of the experimental diets for pigs, as fed basis.

From: Local intestinal microbiota response and systemic effects of feeding black soldier fly larvae to replace soybean meal in growing pigs

Diet formulation

Diet2

Composition continued

Diet2

Item

SBM

BSF

SBM

BSF

Ingredients, g/kg

  

Amino acids, g/kg

AID6

AID

Maize starch

376

451

Lys

8.7

6.6

Sugar

100

100

Met

2.3

1.9

Dextrose

50

50

Cys

1.9

0.9

Cellulose3

50

50

Met + Cys

4.2

2.8

Soybean oil

43.3

6.4

Thr

5.1

4.7

Chalk

14.4

0

Trp

1.8

1.7

Mono sodium phosphate

10.1

11.7

Ile

6.3

5.1

NaCl

4.1

0

Arg

11.1

4.9

Sodium bicarbonate

1.4

6.7

Phe

7.3

10.1

Calcium carbonate

0

5

His

3.8

4.0

Calcium chloride

0

4.8

Leu

10.5

8.0

Premix

5

5

Tyr

5.1

8.0

Titanium di-oxide

2.5

2.5

Val

6.4

7.2

DL-Methionine

0.3

1.3

   

L-Tryptophan

0

0.6

   

Black soldier fly (larvae)

0

305

   

Soybean meal

343

0

   

Total

1000

1000

   

Composition4, g/kg

     

Dry matter1

904

919

   

Crude protein1

166

158

   

Sugars1

175

150

   

Starch1

296

385

   

NSP5

130

115

   

Fat1

31

45

   

Ash1

53

48

   

Ca

8.2

11.8

   

Gross energy, MJ/kg

10.7

10.7

   
  1. 1Analysed nutrient compositions.
  2. 2Diet: SBM is soybean meal, and BSF is black soldier fly larvae meal.
  3. 3Arbocell (JRS, Germany).
  4. 4Diets composition were formulated using data on ingredient nutrient composition and nutrient digestibility coefficients according to the Central Bureau for Livestock Feeding (CVB, Lelystad, the Netherlands).
  5. 5Non-starch polysaccharides.
  6. 6Apparent ileal digestibility, g/kg.