Table 9. Effect of replacement dietary of fishmeal with black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) on meat quality in broilers (Experiment 1)

Items CON T1 T2 SE p-value
Approximate composition of meat (%)
 Moisture 75.76 75.98 75.81 0.140 0.528
 Ash 1.03b 1.12ab 1.28a 0.047 0.012
 Fat 3.48 2.83 2.59 0.279 0.121
 Protein 19.74 20.07 20.31 0.355 0.537
Meat quality (%)
 pH 5.85b 5.99a 6.03a 0.022 0.001
 WHC 54.41 55.99 55.34 0.454 0.097
 CL 17.54 17.81 17.36 0.622 0.881
 DL 4.73 3.95 3.91 0.299 0.147
Shear force (g) 2,583.75 2,421.25 2,277.50 124.823 0.273
CIE L* 51.95 53.72 55.24 0.983 0.113
CIE a* 5.49 4.31 4.82 0.528 0.329
CIE b* 17.15 16.25 17.18 0.594 0.481
Means with different letters are significantly differ (p < 0.05).
CON, basal diet; T1, basal diet without a fishmeal and substitute with defatted BSFL; T2, basal diet without a fishmeal and substitute with hydrolyzed BSFL; WHC, water holding capacity; CL, cooking loss; DL, drip loss.