Table 3 Fatty acid profile (mg/100 g DM) of BSF larva meal and experimental diets

C10:0

67.8

43.8

60.3

73.4

91.0

49.7

63.2

C12:0

1898.7

6.94

64.7

101.1

177.9

228.4

291.4

C14:0

483.0

413.6

436.2

446.7

465.6

450.9

475.8

C15 iso

4.51

13.2

14.3

13.5

13.3

13.4

13.4

C15 aiso

5.74

4.62

4.63

4.54

4.12

4.24

4.34

C14:1 c-9 + C15:0

27.0

39.0

41.3

41.2

40.8

39.0

41.1

C16 iso

1.90

1.50

3.19

1.92

2.34

2.16

2.10

C16:0

1111.4

1901.7

1980.2

2072.9

2058.6

1966.5

2060.0

C17 iso

2.83

37.1

40.8

31.5

29.4

29.1

30.0

C17 aiso

29.8

11.5

18.6

7.66

4.75

5.85

6.20

C16:1 c-9

174.5

488.8

504.4

365.8

281.3

287.0

316.5

C17:1 c-9

8.16

14.9

18.5

10.3

8.06

8.38

9.06

C18:0

246.8

548.9

562.0

553.9

537.9

513.9

538.7

C18:1 t

14.5

11.0

11.0

9.43

9.24

9.13

10.9

C18:1 c-9

1216.0

2078.2

2171.7

1658.9

1278.1

1332.4

1530.6

C18:1 c-11

27.8

273.8

281.1

209.8

161.8

162.4

179.4

C18:1 c-12

0.32

6.22

3.49

1.25

1.43

1.00

1.16

C18:1 c-14 + t-16

4.42

11.41

8.85

5.38

4.79

4.16

5.01

C18:2 n-6

403.4

2381.2

2486.6

533.1

398.4

387.7

418.5

C18:3 n-3

26.0

241.3

244.8

30.4

24.3

22.7

21.7

C18:3 n-6

1.56

10.0

10.1

1.89

2.05

1.01

0.28

C20:0

20.0

34.6

34.2

40.0

35.1

37.7

41.8

C20:1 c-9

4.34

67.1

65.4

55.3

44.5

43.7

47.1

C20:1 c-11

n.d.

2.02

2.08

0.10

0.54

0.19

0.35

C20:2 n-6

n.d.

62.3

59.3

6.37

4.53

4.75

3.91

C20:3 n-6

n.d.

2.44

3.49

0.60

0.17

0.87

0.33

C20:3 n-3

n.d.

13.4

8.40

4.90

2.89

3.22

2.89

C20:4 n-6

1.11

25.3

24.0

4.28

2.75

2.76

1.89

C20:5 n-3

n.d.

298.8

275.8

47.3

35.6

35.9

30.00

C22:0

11.5

31.9

26.7

27.8

28.4

26.6

26.4

C22:1 n-9

n.d.

8.39

8.30

5.87

4.31

4.63

4.38

C22:5 n-3

n.d.

32.9

29.7

2.15

1.47

1.70

2.88

C22:6 n-3

n.d.

119.3

151.5

35.9

23.7

21.9

19.8

Σ SFA

3866.0

3020.3

3205.5

3357.2

3435.2

3312.8

3538.4

Σ MUFA

1450.0

2961.7

3075.0

2322.1

1794.1

1853.0

2104.5

Σ PUFA

436.6

3186.9

3293.7

666.8

495.8

482.4

502.2

Σ PUFA / Σ SFA

0.11

1.06

1.03

0.20

0.14

0.15

0.14

Σ n-3

26.0

705.8

710.2

120.5

87.9

85.3

77.3

Σ n-6

406.0

2481.2

2583.5

546.3

407.9

397.1

424.9

Σ n-3 / Σ n-6

0.06

0.28

0.27

0.22

0.22

0.21

0.18

TFA

5797.4

9236.9

9655.7

6405.3

5779.0

5702.8

6201.1