PROXIMATE AND AMINO ACID ANALYSIS OF PREPUPA FLOUR HERMETIA ILLUCENS (DIPTERA: STRATIOMVIDAE) FED WITH PALM KERNEL MEAL AND CASSAVA HEMP

• Main Author: Sa'idatul Khusna, Firda
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/65982
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The black soldier fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) has been widely used as a bioconversion agent. Hermetia illucens larvae are able to convert organic waste such as agro-industrial waste and household waste into alternative biomass that can be used as animal feed. This study aimed to determine the proximate content and amino acid composition in BSF prepupa flour fed with agroindustrial waste feed. The research was conducted in the screen house of PT. Bangka Asindo Agri at a temperature range of 28-33°C and a relative humidity of 50-80%. BSF larvae were cultivated by feeding with palm kernel cake waste (BIS) and cassava onggok (OS) which were first fermented using EM4 farm for 7 days and using commercial chicken feed (PAK) as a control. The prepupa biomass produced is processed into flour and then analyzed for proximate content (water, ash, carbohydrates, protein and fat), amino acid composition and modeling of mass and energy balances is carried out. The results showed that the prepupae of BSF fed fermented BIS feed contained proximate carbohydrates (3.10%), fat (8.64%) and protein (37.62%). The highest essential amino acid content in BSF prepupa flour was leucine (1.88%), valine (1.55%) and arginine (1.46%). The highest non-essential amino acid content is glutamic acid (2.66%), glycine (2.05%) and aspartic acid (1.99%). Based on this research, it is known that of the two types of agro-industrial waste used, BIS is the best waste that can be used as feed for BSF larvae based on its proximate content and amino acid composition.