Table 5. Physical measurements and chemical traits of chicken leg meat as affected by diets containing different levels of black soldier fly larvae oil (BSFLO)1)

Parameters Treatments SEM p-value
CON 50 BSFLO 100 BSFLO
pH 5.82 5.82 5.86 0.04 0.802
Shear force (kg/0.5 inch2) 3.33 3.29 2.79 0.55 0.745
Cooking loss (%) 15.29 18.52 15.49 1.02 0.074
WHC (%) 61.66 61.14 59.64 0.77 0.196
Moisture (%) 75.47 76.11 75.83 0.38 0.516
Crude protein (%) 22.14 21.83 21.89 0.37 0.833
Ether extract (%) 1.36 1.18 1.17 0.19 0.754
Ash (%) 1.11 1.07 1.11 0.03 0.527
Each value is the mean of 6 replicates (6 birds/treatment).
CON, control diet; 50 BSFLO, 50% black soldier fly larvae oil diet; 100 BSFLO, 100% black soldier fly larvae oil diet; SEM, standard error of the mean; WHC, water holding capacity.