Nutritional Quality and Safety of Complementary Foods Developed from Blends of Staple Grains and Honey Bee Larvae (Apis mellifera)

Table 2

Proximate (g/100 g), energy content (kcal/100 g), and mineral (mg/100 g) composition of extruded complementary foods and commercial wean mix.

Nutrients	ComF^01	ComF^02	Commercial wean mix	value	RV^+
Moisture	^b	^a	^c	<0.001	10^α
Ash	^a	^b	^ab	0.037	<4^α
Protein	^a	^b	^c	<0.01	15^+
Fat	^b	^a	^c	<0.001	10-25^+
Fiber	^a	^b	^c	<0.001	<5^+
Carbohydrate	^b	^c	^a	<0.001	60-75^∞
Energy	^b	^a	^c	<0.001	400-425^+
Fe	^b	^a	^c	<0.001	9.3
Zn	^a	^a	^b	0.006	4.1
Ca	^c	^b	^a	<0.001	0.40

The results are presented as SD of the means. ComF⁰¹: complementary food 01 (white maize+red teff+soybean); ComF⁰²: complementary food 02 (white maize+red teff+insect bee larvae); RV: recommended value; commercial wean mix (Enriched Mama’s Choice); means with different superscripts (alphabets) in the same row are significantly different (); sources: [62, 63]; ⁺source [32]; ^α[64]; ^∞estimated from data given for protein and fat in the codex standard.