Table 5 Whole body composition (% wet weight) of tilapia fed with increasing dietary levels of mealworms.

From: Potential of mealworms used in polyhydroxyalkanoate/bioplastic recovery as red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) feed ingredient

Diets*

Moisture

Protein

Lipid

Ash

Initial

76.1 ± 0.9

14.56 ± 0.17

4.67 ± 0.13

3.65 ± 0.03

MwM0

76.3 ± 1.4ab

14.59 ± 0.22b

3.97 ± 0.31b

4.50 ± 0.30ab

MwM25

78.1 ± 2.0b

13.95 ± 0.04a

3.35 ± 0.15a

4.04 ± 0.14a

MwM50

78.0 ± 0.9b

13.74 ± 0.21a

3.48 ± 0.16a

4.28 ± 0.26ab

MwM75

75.2 ± 1.4a

14.56 ± 0.11b

3.96 ± 0.10b

4.68 ± 0.16b

MwM100

76.2 ± 1.2ab

14.52 ± 0.22b

3.71 ± 0.29ab

4.74 ± 0.31b

  1. Values are the mean ± S.E. of triplicate groups of fish. Mean values within the same column with the different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).
  2. *See Table 2 footnote for diet description.