Nutrient content | Spirulina meal (SM) (Exp. 1 + 2) | Spirulina meal (SM) (Exp. 3) | Hermetia meal (HM)
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Moisture (%) | 3.4 | 8.0 | 5.5 | |||
Crude protein (% of DM) | 58.8 | 68.9 | 60.8 | |||
Crude ash (% of DM) | 6.1 | 9.1 | 7.5 | |||
Crude lipids (% of DM) | 4.3 | 6.3 | 14.1 | |||
Crude fiber (% of DM) | 0.49* | 0.49* | 10.92 | |||
Amino acid (AA) content | mgAA/ gDM | gAA/ 16gN | mgAA/ gDM | gAA/ 16gN | mgAA/ gDM | gAA/ 16gN |
Lys | 22.97 | 3.91 | 31.64 | 4.59 | 32.97 | 5.42 |
Met | 10.61 | 1.81 | 14.09 | 2.05 | 7.53 | 1.24 |
Cys | 4.53 | 0.77 | 6.49 | 0.94 | 4.89 | 0.80 |
Thr | 25.77 | 4.39 | 30.93 | 4.49 | 21.70 | 3.57 |
Arg | 39.92 | 6.79 | 52.14 | 7.57 | 25.05 | 4.12 |
Val | 34.50 | 5.87 | 37.09 | 5.39 | 32.58 | 5.36 |
Leu | 47.23 | 8.04 | 55.05 | 7.99 | 37.95 | 6.24 |
Ile | 29.81 | 5.07 | 34.70 | 5.04 | 23.47 | 3.86 |
His | 7.51 | 1.28 | 10.39 | 1.51 | 16.58 | 2.73 |