Table 1. Nutrient components of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in the defatted and hydrolyzed form

Items (%) Content
Defatted BSFL Hydrolyzed BSFL
Moisture 6.58 6.59
CP 58.76 38.53
EE 11.51 42.91
CF 9.15 5.61
Ash 10.07 7.68
Aspartic acid 5.15 3.38
Threonine 2.00 1.06
Serine 2.09 1.02
Glutamic acid 6.33 4.37
Glycine 3.01 1.85
Alanine 4.25 2.64
Valine 2.72 1.82
Isoleucine 1.63 1.11
Leucine 3.04 1.94
Tyrosine 3.76 2.19
Phenylalanine 2.89 1.37
Lysine 2.84 1.75
Histidine 2.74 1.67
Arginine 2.06 1.16
Cysteine 0.37 0.22
Methionine 2.58 1.74
Proline 3.33 1.87
CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fiber.