Mineral composition of GF oat-based wraps filled with beef (GF_W_B), chicken (GF_W_C), fish (GF_W_F), PWL (GF_W_PWL), and SWP (GF_W_SWP)
Minerals
GF_W_B
GF_W_C
GF_W_F
GF_W_PWL
GF_W_SWP
Calcium (mg/100 g)
2.45 ± 0.09b
3.26 ± 0.16a
2.53 ± 0.04b
3.48 ± 0.06a
3.33 ± 0.19a
Phosphorus (mg/100 g)
46.99 ± 0.33a
39.73 ± 0.07b
20.20 ± 0.04e
36.65 ± 0.10d
38.12 ± 0.33c
Magnesium (mg/100 g)
1.27 ± 0.07c
0.99 ± 0.01d
1.47 ± 0.01b
1.49 ± 0.03b
1.77 ± 0.01a
Values are means ± standard deviation (SD) of three replicates. Mean values in the same row with different superscript letters translate significant differences (P < 0.05) between samples. GF: gluten-free; PWL: palm weevil larvae; SWP: Mulberry Silkworm pupae
OA: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing—review & editing, Validation, Supervision. AF: Resources, Writing—review & editing, Validation, Supervision. TO: Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. ET: Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. TA: Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. DA: Formal analysis, Writing—review & editing, Visualization. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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