Table 6 Nutrient compositions (g/kg) of starter diets administered to broiler chickens up to 14 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

554.5

554.5

554.5

532.4

550.1

553.2

548.2

535.4

Soybean meal, 468 g kg1

369.7

369.7

369.7

373.2

370.4

369.9

370.7

372.8

Dietary fata

34.0

34.0

34.0

52.6

37.7

35.1

39.3

50.1

Vitamin premixb

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

Dicalcium phosphate

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.8

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.8

Limestone

10.1

10.1

10.1

10.0

10.1

10.1

10.1

10.0

NaCl

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.38

2.40

2.35

2.36

2.38

Na2SO4

1.48

1.48

1.48

1.44

1.50

1.48

1.47

1.45

L-Lysine

1.98

1.98

1.98

1.92

2.00

1.97

1.96

1.92

L-Methionine

2.81

2.81

2.81

2.83

2.80

2.81

2.81

2.83

L-Threonine

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.98

1.00

0.99

0.99

0.98

L-Valine

0.42

0.42

0.42

0.42

0.40

0.42

0.42

0.42

Calculated nutritive value, g kg−1

 AMEN, kcal kg1

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

3000

 Crude protein

215.5

215.5

215.5

215.5

215.5

215.5

215.5

215.5

 Crude fat

59.9

59.9

59.9

77.6

63.4

60.9

65.0

75.3

 Crude fiber

26.6

26.6

26.6

26.3

26.6

26.6

26.5

26.3

 Calcium

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

 Lysine

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

 Methionine + Cystine

9.8

9.8

9.8

9.8

9.7

9.8

9.7

9.8

  1. aThe following dietary fats were added: 1BSFL—H. illucens larval fat; 2SO—soybean oil; 3RO—rapeseed oil; 4PO—palm oil; 5PKFD—palm kernel fat distillate; 6PF—poultry fat; 7PL—pork lard; 8BT—beef tallow; bProvided 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.