The influence of the nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors on the prediction of crude protein in black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) using near-infrared spectroscopy.

S Alagappan, J R Nastasi, L C Hoffman, D Cozzolino

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Article in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Effect of Substrate Composition on Bioconversion and Nutritional Quality ofInsects · 2026
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S AlagappanCentre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.

J R NastasiSchool of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.

L C HoffmanCentre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.

D CozzolinoCentre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. d.cozzolino@uq.edu.au.

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Protein determination is of importance to characterise insect composition and quality. While different factors (kp) to convert nitrogen to protein have been proposed to report the concentration of crude protein (CP) in insect applications, the N × 6.25 is still utilised by many commercial laboratories. Different data-dependent conversion factors have been proposed to report the concentration of CP in different insect species, including black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). The objective of this paper was to evaluate the effect of using different nitrogen to protein conversion factors (kp) to predict CP in BSFL from different commercial sources using near-infrared spectroscopy. The coefficient of determination in cross-validation (R

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DipteraInsect ProteinsNitrogenAnimalsLarvaSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredInsect ProteinsNitrogenBlack soldier flyNear infraredNitrogenNitrogen to protein factor

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PMID41507357

DOI10.1007/s00216-025-06311-2

PMCPMC12909317

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