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Title: Technological Quality, Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profile of Broiler Meat Enhanced by Dietary Inclusion of Black Soldier Fly Larvae
Contributor(s): de Souza Vilela, Jessica  (author); Alvarenga, Tharcilla I R C  (author); Andrew, Nigel R  (author)orcid ; McPhee, Malcolm  (author); Kolakshyapati, Manisha  (author); Hopkins, David L (author); Ruhnke, Isabelle  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/foods10020297
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30260
Abstract: We evaluated the effects of full-fat black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) on broiler carcass composition, cut yield, and breast meat quality. Broilers were fed for 42 days with up to 20% dietary inclusion of BSFL (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20%). On day 42, 120 broilers were slaughtered, and images were taken using computed tomography. Breasts, drumsticks, and thighs were collected for cut yield determination. The pH, color, lipid oxidation, cooking loss, shear force, amino acid profile, and fatty acid profile of the breast meat were assessed. There was no dietary effect on carcass composition or meat quality parameters except for fatty and amino acids compositions. When 20% BSFL was included in the diet, individual fatty and amino acids, such as lauric and myristic acids, aspartic acid, glutamine, and lysine, increased by 22.0-, 5.50-, 1.08-, 1.06-, and 1.06-fold, respectively (p < 0.05). Although total polyunsaturated fatty acids decreased, eicosapentaenoic fatty acids (EPA) increased by 78% in the 20% BSFL inclusion group. In conclusion, up to 20%, dietary full-fat BSFL did not affect key meat characteristics but positively increased the levels of the health-claimable omega-3 fatty acid EPA.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Foods, 10(2), p. 1-20
Publisher: MDPI AG
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2304-8158
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300210 Sustainable agricultural development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 839899 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100199 Environmentally sustainable animal production not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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