Table 4
Chemical composition (%) of the soft body of abalone fed the experimental diets substituting Undaria with the dry white radish’ by-product (WRB) and tunic of sea squirt (TSS) for 16 weeks at the end of the 16-week feeding trial

Experimental diets

Moisture

Crude protein

Crude lipid

Ash

Control

77.9 ± 0.06a

17.5 ± 0.07b

1.4 ± 0.07b

2.2 ± 0.09a

WRB

76.9 ± 0.26b

18.1 ± 0.09a

1.9 ± 0.09a

2.1 ± 0.07a

TSS

77.5 ± 0.24ab

18.3 ± 0.13a

1.7 ± 0.07a

1.9 ± 0.07b

Undaria

76.8 ± 0.20b

17.1 ± 0.12c

1.3 ± 0.09b

2.3 ± 0.07a