Table 5 Fatty acid profiles of mealworm larvae reared on feed supplemented with sidestreams.

C14:0 (myristic acid)

1.65 ± 0.18^a

2.29 ± 0.08^c

2.95 ± 0.06^d

1.95 ± 0.05^ab

2.06 ± 0.07^bc

C15:0 (pentadecanoic acid)

0.18 ± 0.03^a

0.18 ± 0.01^a

0.13 ± 0.02^c

0.20 ± 0.01^a

0.25 ± 0.01^b

C16:0 (palmitic acid)

17.96 ± 2.31^a

18.44 ± 0.63^a

22.73 ± 0.14^b

19.91 ± 0.08^a

19.33 ± 0.91^a

C16:1 (palmitoleic acid)

0.48 ± 0.08^a

0.57 ± 0.04^a

1.34 ± 0.07^b

0.67 ± 0.02^a

0.50 ± 0.04^a

C16:2 (Hexadecadienoic acid)

0.31 ± 0.09^a

0.34 ± 0.01^a

0.20 ± 0.01^b

0.25 ± 0.01^ab

0.34 ± 0.03^a

C17:0 (heptadecanoic acid)

0.22 ± 0.09^a

0.21 ± 0.01^a

0.10 ± 0.00^b

0.21 ± 0.02^a

0.26 ± 0.01^a

C18:0 (stearic acid)

2.78 ± 0.62^a

2.55 ± 0.12^a

2.25 ± 1.95^a

2.67 ± 0.12^a

2.87 ± 0.04^a

C18:1 (oleic acid)

27.06 ± 2.54^a

29.92 ± 0.87^a

43.19 ± 2.86^b

32.91 ± 0.59^a

30.52 ± 0.69^a

C18:2 (linoleic acid)

39.89 ± 5.90^a

43.80 ± 1.10^a

26.29 ± 1.16^b

39.83 ± 0.69^a

42.14 ± 1.55^a

C18:3 (linolenic acid)

1.21 ± 0.20^a

1.60 ± 0.17^b

0.76 ± 0.07^c

1.28 ± 0.04^a

1.62 ± 0.17^b

C20:0 (arachidic acid)

0.11 ± 0.01^a

0.10 ± 0.01^ab

0.08 ± 0.01^b

0.10 ± 0.01^ab

0.12 ± 0.02^a

SFA

22.91 ± 0.98^a

23.77 ± 0.93^a

28.23 ± 1.47^b

25.05 ± 0.53^a

24.89 ± 1.03^a

MUFA

27.53 ± 1.62^a

30.50 ± 1.61^a

44.53 ± 2.55^b

33.59 ± 1.16^a

31.02 ± 1.65^a

PUFA

41.41 ± 2.49^a

45.74 ± 2.06^a

27.24 ± 2.60^b

41.37 ± 1.60^a

44.09 ± 2.21^a