Table 1. Ingredient and calculated composition of experimental diets (as-fed diets)

Item (%) N-free FM BSFM BSFE
Ingredients 100 100 100 100
 Corn starch 81.5 63.43 54.16 27.01
 Fishmeal - 27.37 - -
 BSF-larva meal - - 42.76 -
 BSF-larva expanded - - - 69.61
 Sucrose 10.0 - - -
 Glucose 5.0 - - -
 Soy oil - 6.0 - -
 Choline chloride 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
 Tri-calcium phosphate 1.68 1.40 1.25 1.25
 Limestone 0.62 0.60 0.63 0.63
 Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Mineral premix1) 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Vitamin premix2) 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Chromium oxide 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
Analysed composition
 ME (kcal/kg) (calculated) 3,578 4,248 4,268 4,411
 Crude protein - 18 18 18
 Ether extract - 8.83 11.12 10.59
 Calcium 0.71 0.70 0.72 0.70
 Total phosphorus 0.66 0.61 0.63 0.64
 Phosphorus (calculated) 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32
Supplied per kilogram of diet: 45 mg Fe, 0.25 mg Co, 50 mg Cu, 15 mg Mn, 25 mg Zn, 0.35 mg I, 0.13 mg Se.
Supplied per kilogram of diet: 16,000 IU vitamin A, 3,000 IU vitamin D3, 40 IU vitamin E, 5.0 mg vitamin K3, 5.0 mg vitamin B1, 20 mg vitamin B2, 4 mg vitamin B6, 0.08 mg vitamin B12, 40 mg pantothenic acid, 75 mg niacin, 0.15 mg biotin, 0.65 mg folic acid.
FM, fish meal; BSFM, black soldier fly meal; BSFE, expanded black soldier fly meal; BSF, black soldier fly.