Table 3. Analyzed chemical composition of a source of full-fat black soldier fly larva (BSFL) and 4 sources of defatted BSFL meal in Exp. 2, as-is basis

Item	Full-fat BSFL meal	Defatted BSFL meal A	Defatted BSFL meal B	Defatted BSFL meal C	Defatted BSFL meal D
Gross energy (kcal/kg)	5,499	4,076	4,982	4,514	4,462
Dry matter (%)	93.6	92.6	96.3	95.5	97.3
Crude protein (%)	34.2	43.1	57.0	59.2	59.1
Ether extract (%)	36.0	13.2	10.6	8.6	9.7
Acid detergent fiber (%)	9.2	10.2	12.0	12.9	13.3
ADIN (%)	0.86	0.80	1.01	1.21	1.11
Chitin1) (%)	5.5	6.7	7.6	7.6	8.5
Glucosamine (%)	0.11	0.14	0.18	0.22	0.19
Ash (%)	15.3	23.4	13.2	16.7	17.9
Indispensable amino acids (%)
Arginine	1.58	1.96	2.51	2.54	2.64
Histidine	0.94	1.15	1.52	1.52	1.59
Isoleucine	1.28	1.56	2.14	2.14	2.17
Leucine	2.00	2.44	3.43	3.43	3.47
Lysine	2.04	2.48	3.45	3.32	3.59
Methionine	0.43	0.47	0.79	0.83	0.87
Phenylalanine	1.26	1.43	2.23	2.24	2.25
Threonine	1.33	1.63	2.10	2.05	2.09
Tryptophan	0.31	0.41	0.56	0.67	0.66
Valine	2.74	3.47	4.41	4.26	4.36
Dispensable amino acids (%)
Alanine	2.21	2.81	3.57	3.50	3.35
Aspartic acid	2.91	3.39	4.67	4.64	4.72
Cysteine	0.39	0.49	0.46	0.46	0.56
Glutamic acid	4.22	5.26	6.11	6.19	6.14
Glycine	1.79	2.31	2.87	2.93	2.94
Proline	2.33	2.80	3.32	3.15	3.35
Serine	1.49	1.87	2.26	2.14	2.24
Tyrosine	1.67	2.01	2.80	2.79	3.03

Chitin (%) = ash-free acid detergent fiber (%) − acid detergent fiber-linked protein (%) [14].
ADIN, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen.