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Title Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as a sustainable and concentrated source of bioavailable lutein for feed
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Authors Morand-Laargue, L; Creton, B; Halimi, C; Sabatier, D; Desmarchelier, C; Borel, P
Title Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as a sustainable and concentrated source of bioavailable lutein for feed
Year 2024
Published Journal Of Insects As Food And Feed, 10, 4
DOI 10.1163/23524588-20230107
Abstract Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are increasingly used to recycle and convert food waste into feed. We attempted to assess whether they can bioaccumulate lutein, a xanthophyll used as a food coloring, and whether it is then sufficiently bioavailable for an economically relevant incorporation of BSFL into feed. Vegetables and larvae lutein concentrations were measured by HPLC. Lutein bioaccessibility was estimated by in vitro digestion and lutein absorption efficiency by Caco-2 cells. BSFL were at least as rich, and sometimes richer (P < 0.05), in lutein than the vegetables they were reared on. For example, the larvae reared on kale contained 160.2 +/- 3.4 mg/kg vs 23.0 +/- 3.5 mg/kg of lutein, on a fresh weight basis, for the kale substrate. For the same substrate, lutein bioaccessibility was not statistically different between BSFL and the substrate (respectively, 14.8 +/- L2% and 16.2 +/- 2.8%; P = 0.7). Finally, by considering the lutein concentration in BSFL enriched in lutein and in lutein-rich substrates, as well as the bioaccessibility and intestinal absorption efficiency of lutein contained in these matrices, it was estimated that consumption of lutein-enriched larvae would lead to a theoretical amount of absorbed lutein about 2 to 13 times higher compared to that following the consumption of an equal quantity of lutein-rich vegetables. Thus, BSFL can be used as a sustainable and concentrated source of bioavailable lutein for feed and, indirectly, for food.
Author Keywords bioaccessibility; circular economy; edible insects; nutritional quality; xanthophyll
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001253093000003
WoS Category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Entomology; Food Science & Technology
Research Area Agriculture; Entomology; Food Science & Technology
PDF https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04332115/file/Morand-Laffargue%20et%20al.%20HAL%20version.pdf
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