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Welfare of the Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Breeding With Regard to Nutrition Value and Food Safety

ADÁMKOVÁ, A. ADÁMEK, M. MLČEK, J. BORKOVCOVÁ, M. BEDNÁŘOVÁ, M. KOUŘIMSKÁ, L. SKÁCEL, J. VÍTOVÁ, E.

Original Title

Welfare of the Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Breeding With Regard to Nutrition Value and Food Safety

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Livestock welfare is an important condition for obtaining high-quality and safe food. According to the legislation edible insects are classified as livestock; and for this reason it is necessary to comply with the edible insect welfare conditions. This article focuses on selected welfare conditions for mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) breeding, with special focus on the fat content influenced by different breeding temperature (17 °C, 23 °C and 28 °C). Maximum fat content 24.56% was observed at 23 °C. To obtain maximum fat content this appears to be the optimal breeding temperature. Another evaluated aspect was the nutritional stress and a way of killing, and their impact on fat content, which showed to decrease with the nutrient stress. The most decline was detected towards the end of the observation period. The analysis showed that in terms of preservation of the fat content, the best way is killing by freezing, due to the metabolism slowdown. We also analysed the content of heavy metals in a mealworm larvae using cyclic voltammetry with subsequent evaluation. In the measured sample concentrations of heavy metals did not exceed the maximum allowable concentration of heavy metals in this commodity. From this point of view mealworm appears to be a safe food.

Keywords

welfare; Tenebrio molitor; nutritional stress; way of killing; heavy metal

Authors

ADÁMKOVÁ, A.; ADÁMEK, M.; MLČEK, J.; BORKOVCOVÁ, M.; BEDNÁŘOVÁ, M.; KOUŘIMSKÁ, L.; SKÁCEL, J.; VÍTOVÁ, E.

Released

14. 7. 2017

Publisher

HACCP Consulting

Location

Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce

ISBN

1337-0960

Periodical

Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences

Year of study

11

Number

1

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

460

Pages to

465

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/779

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/69920

BibTex

@article{BUT138513,
  author="Anna {Adámková} and Martin {Adámek} and Jiří {Mlček} and Marie {Borkovcová} and Martina {Bednářová} and Lenka {Kouřimská} and Josef {Skácel} and Eva {Vítová}",
  title="Welfare of the Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Breeding With Regard to Nutrition Value and Food Safety",
  journal="Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences",
  year="2017",
  volume="11",
  number="1",
  pages="460--465",
  doi="10.5219/779",
  issn="1337-0960",
  url="http://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/779"
}