One of the most promising materials with great potential as a nutrition source of animal feed is the black soldier fly prepupae (BSFP) (Hermetia illucens) which is fed with organic wastes. In this study, Dr. Ramadhani Eka Putra and colleagues investigated the accumulation of omega-3 from the organic wastes of marine fish offal and tofu dregs converted as the biomass of the harvested BSFP. The results showed the possibility of producing specific nutrients from BSFP biomass converted from organic wastes, providing baseline knowledge for further formulation of specific animal feed from BSFP.

Article Citation:
Putra, RE., Fatmalasari, Y., Permana, AD., Kinasih, I., Rosmiati, M. 2021. Omega-3 content of Black Soldier Fly prepupa (Hermetia illucens) fed with marine fish offal and tofu dreg. BIOTROPIA. 28 (1): 64-73

Full paper is published in BIOTROPIA : https://doi.org/10.11598/btb.0.0.0.1082

Image (first page):
Hemetia illucens (source: https://entomologytoday.org/)
Changes in the weight of black soldier fly larvae fed with various combination of fish offal and tofu dreg (source: Putra et al. 2021)
Proportion of saturatted and unsaturatted fatty acid of harvested prepupae (source: Putra et al. 2021)

Profile of Dr. Ramadhani Eka Putra :
https://sith.itb.ac.id/en/ramadhani-eka-putra-phd/