Table 3: Comparative essential amino acid profile (g/100g of total essential amino acids) of insect meal and conventional feed of soybean meal and fishmeal.

Insects Essential Amino Acid Profile Source
Arginine Cystine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Lysine Methionine Phenylalanine Threnine Tryptophan Tyrosine Valine Total
BSF Larvae 5.2 ND 3.6 4.4 7.2 6.5 1.9 4.0 3.3 1.22 ND 6.7 44.0 [30] [17]
Pre-pupae 5.1 ND 3.7 4.5 6.8 5.7 1.7 3.9 3.9 ND ND 6.1 41.4
HF Larvae 4.9 0.7 2.8 3.2 5.7 6.9 2.2 5.0 3.3 3.2 5.1 4.4 47.5 [20]
[17]
Pupae 4.7 0.4 2.4 3.5 5.3 5.5 2.1 4.4 3.2 ND 5.2 4.2 40.9
MW Larvae 5.8 5.8 3.6 6.7 10.7 6.4 2.1 5.4 5.1 1.6 7.8 8.2 69.0 [17]
GH Meal 5.6 1.1 3.0 4 5.8 4.7 2.3 3.4 3.5 0.8 3.3 4.0 41.5 [18]; [31]
SW Pre-Pupae 4.69 0.52 2.79 4.33 6.5 6.6 2.12 5.17 4.48 ND 6.32 5.3 48.8 [26];
Pupae 6.31 0.97 3.28 4.73 7.04 7.52 3.88 5.58 5.58 1.70 6.55 5.7 58.84 [28]
FM 6.2 0.8 2.4 4.2 7.2 7.5 2.7 3.9 4.1 1.0 3.1 4.9 48 [16]
SBM 2.90 0.74 1.02 2.07 7.72 2.62 0.52 2.12 1.66 0.65 3.11 2.6 27.73 [28]

Note:BSF= Black Solider, HF= Housefly, MW= Mealworm, GH= Grasshopper, EW= Earthworm SW= Silkworm, FM= Fishmeal, SBM= Soybean Meal; ND= Note Determined;