Table 4. Saturated fatty acids (SFAs; g/100 g) of extracted oil from three edible insects compared to commonly consumed animal and plant oils

Fatty acid composition		SP	PW	BC	CK	BF	PF	SB	BB	C	P
Caproic acid	C6:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.35	0.02
Caprylic acid	C8:0	ND	ND	ND	0.01	ND	ND	ND	ND	6.53	ND
Nananoic acid	C9:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Capric acid	C10:0	ND	ND	ND	0.01	0.05	0.05	ND	ND	6.28	ND
Undecanoic acid	C11:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.02	ND
Lauric acid	C12:0	0.03	0.06	0.07	0.24	0.07	0.19	0.03	0.04	51.21	0.01
Tridecanoic acid	C13:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.02	ND	0.01	0.01	0.02	ND
Myristic acid	C14:0	0.16	1.61	0.37	0.66	3.14	1.53	3.25	2.09	18.44	0.03
Pentadecanoic acid	C15:0	0.03	ND	ND	0.06	0.65	0.03	0.18	0.19	0.01	0.01
Palmitic acid	C16:0	26.77	42.30	48.19	25.11	26.89	24.33	11.19	24.96	8.24	12.39
Heptadecanoic acid	C17:0	0.1	0.04	0.03	0.07	1.41	0.16	0.17	0.16	0.01	0.07
Stearic acid	C18:0	6.38	1.33	1.25	4.42	23.46	11.66	2.51	5.66	3.01	2.77
Arachidic acid	C20:0	0.19	0.12	0.07	0.05	0.18	0.19	0.26	0.19	0.07	1.25
Heneicosanoic acid	C21:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.03	ND	0.03	0.03	ND	0.02
Behenic acid	C22:0	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.12	0.09	0.01	2.4
Tricosanoic acid	C23:0	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.02	0.05	0.27	0.02	0.01	0.03
Lignoceric acid	C24:0	ND	ND	0.02	0.03	0.08	ND	1.79	0.65	0.02	1.19

SP, silkworm pupa; PW, sago palm weevil larva; BC, bamboo caterpillar; CK, chicken skin; BF, beef back fat; PF, pork back fat; SB, salmon belly; BB, sea bass belly; C, coconut; P, peanut; ND, not detected.