Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour

Science and food industry must strive to ensure and improve edible insect's benefits, and especially their safety and nutritional value. This study investigated how various food substrates used in the rearing of Tenebrio molitor larvae influence their growth, the safety of the larvae, and the n...

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Main Authors: Konstantina Papastavropoulou, Anastasia Koupa, Evangelia Kritikou, Marios Kostakis, Sofia Dervisoglou, Andreas Roussos, Dionysios Perdikis, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Emel Oz, Fatih Oz, Charalampos Proestos, Haizhou Wu
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Anastasia Koupa
Evangelia Kritikou
Marios Kostakis
Sofia Dervisoglou
Andreas Roussos
Dionysios Perdikis
Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Emel Oz
Fatih Oz
Charalampos Proestos
Haizhou Wu
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Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Emel Oz
Fatih Oz
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description Science and food industry must strive to ensure and improve edible insect's benefits, and especially their safety and nutritional value. This study investigated how various food substrates used in the rearing of Tenebrio molitor larvae influence their growth, the safety of the larvae, and the nutritional quality of the resulting flour. The main findings indicate that all samples showed significant differences in their nutritional profile, larval characteristics, and heavy metal content. Regarding the content of protein, fat and fiber it ranges from 44.1 to 51.8 %, 28.6–34.8 % and 10.5–14.9 %, respectively. These results suggest that insect diet is a very crucial parameter that can affect all that factors and must be taken into account, especially when they are intended as raw materials to be used for food production.
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spelling doaj-art-b34d37a112da453da70172c70c7d99342024-12-13T11:01:26ZengElsevierFood Chemistry: X2590-15752024-12-0124101838Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flourKonstantina Papastavropoulou0Anastasia Koupa1Evangelia Kritikou2Marios Kostakis3Sofia Dervisoglou4Andreas Roussos5Dionysios Perdikis6Nikolaos S. Thomaidis7Emel Oz8Fatih Oz9Charalampos Proestos10Haizhou Wu11Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, Greece; Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology & Entomology, Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology & Entomology, Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Agricultural Zoology & Entomology, Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, TürkiyeDepartment of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, TürkiyeLaboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, Greece; Corresponding authors.Hubei Technology Innovation Center for Meat Processing, College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Corresponding authors.Science and food industry must strive to ensure and improve edible insect's benefits, and especially their safety and nutritional value. This study investigated how various food substrates used in the rearing of Tenebrio molitor larvae influence their growth, the safety of the larvae, and the nutritional quality of the resulting flour. The main findings indicate that all samples showed significant differences in their nutritional profile, larval characteristics, and heavy metal content. Regarding the content of protein, fat and fiber it ranges from 44.1 to 51.8 %, 28.6–34.8 % and 10.5–14.9 %, respectively. These results suggest that insect diet is a very crucial parameter that can affect all that factors and must be taken into account, especially when they are intended as raw materials to be used for food production.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590157524007260Tenebrio molitor larvae growthNutritional profileAmino acid profileFatty acid profileMineralsHeavy metals
spellingShingle Konstantina Papastavropoulou
Anastasia Koupa
Evangelia Kritikou
Marios Kostakis
Sofia Dervisoglou
Andreas Roussos
Dionysios Perdikis
Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Emel Oz
Fatih Oz
Charalampos Proestos
Haizhou Wu
Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
Food Chemistry: X
Tenebrio molitor larvae growth
Nutritional profile
Amino acid profile
Fatty acid profile
Minerals
Heavy metals
title Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
title_full Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
title_fullStr Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
title_full_unstemmed Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
title_short Study of the effect of feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth, nutritional profile, value and safety of the produced flour
title_sort study of the effect of feeding tenebrio molitor larvae during their rearing on their growth nutritional profile value and safety of the produced flour
topic Tenebrio molitor larvae growth
Nutritional profile
Amino acid profile
Fatty acid profile
Minerals
Heavy metals
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590157524007260
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