Table 6 Ingredients (g/kg, as is), chemical composition (g/100 g on DM) and gross energy (MJ/kg, on DM) of the 5 experimental substrates and the Gainesville diet.

From: Determination of lipid requirements in black soldier fly through semi-purified diets

Items

L1

L1.5

L2.5

L3.5

L4.5

GA

Starch

833

827.5

822.5

817

812

-

Casein

160

160

160

160

160

-

Cocoa butter

7

12.5

17.5

23

28

-

Corn

-

-

-

-

-

200

Alpha-alpha

-

-

-

-

-

300

Wheat bran

-

-

-

-

-

500

Total

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Chemical compositiona

DM

91.21

91.25

91.45

91.64

91.51

82.77

CP

17.36

17.39

17.51

17.31

17.47

15.28

EE

0.94

1.46

2.54

3.50

4.65

2.94

Ash

1.07

1.06

1.03

1.04

1.04

6.46

aNDFom

0.46

0.89

0.43

0.28

0.51

0.16

NSC1

80.17

79.20

78.49

77.87

76.33

75.16

GE

15.45

15.62

15.92

16.01

16.06

18.92

  1. Legend: DM: dry matter, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, aNDFom amylase neutral detergent fiber organic matter, NSC non-structural carbohydrates, GE gross energy.
  2. aValues are reported as mean of duplicate analyses.
  3. 1Calculated as 100 – (CP + EE + Ash + aNDFom).