Table 2. Proximate values and amino acids composition of the protein sources

Item (%)	FM	BSFM	BSFE
Dry matter	92.10	94.05	91.11
Crude protein	65.77	43.78	25.35
Ether extract	10.34	27.55	15.96
Ash	19.41	12.15	6.78
Calcium	25.38	7.56	3.81
Phosphorus	21.25	0.90	0.61
Essential amino acid
Arginine	3.26	1.95	1.56
Histidine	1.36	1.16	0.58
Isoleucine	2.50	1.63	0.93
Leucine	4.11	2.6	1.70
Lysine	4.35	2.95	1.28
Methionine	1.68	0.65	0.38
Phenylalanine	2.12	1.41	0.90
Threonine	2.41	1.43	0.81
Tryptophan	0.57	0.50	0.38
Valine	2.90	3.06	1.55
Non-essential amino acid
Alanine	3.58	2.63	1.56
Aspartic	5.05	3.38	1.81
Cystine	0.34	0.50	0.28
Glutamic acid	7.11	4.82	2.69
Glycine	0.39	2.17	1.13
Proline	2.23	2.57	1.47
Serine	2.37	1.57	0.88
Tyrosine	1.55	2.25	0.99

FM, fish meal; BSFM, black soldier fly meal; BSFE, expanded black soldier fly meal.