We examined the effects of different processing methods on the nutritional composition and antioxidant activity of mealworms. After processing with nine methods, we calculated the contents of protein, fat, ash, carbohydrate, minerals (P, Ca, K, Fe, Na), vitamin B group (B1, B2, B3), moisture, and calories. When processed by freeze drying among freeze drying, hot air drying, oven broiling, roasting, pan frying, deep frying, boiling, steaming, and microwaving, the contents of protein, some minerals, and vitamins were the highest. The content of total minerals was lowest after deep frying, and those of vitamin B1 and B3 were the lowest after microwaving. Antioxidant activity was then evaluated using DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging assays. DPPH assays showed that microwaving, freeze drying, deep frying, steaming, boiling, and oven broiling of mealworms yielded scavenging activities of 20.9–29.0% at 2,000 μg/mL, which was similar to the activity level (22.7–33.2%) of 40–60 μM tocopherol. ABTS assays confirmed that only freeze‐dried mealworms at 2,000 μg/mL exhibited higher activity than 10 μM tocopherol. Interestingly, similar trends were found for antioxidant activity levels and total phenolic contents in mealworms.

The tea plant leaves at the first harvest time have green, purple, yellow, and white colors. The tea plant with yellow tea leaves contained the albino tea germplasm at the Gurye-gun of Jeollanam-do in Korea. This study compared the chlorophyll, amino acid, and catechin contents at the first harvest time in tea plants with yellow leaf (YL) and green leaf (GL) by transplant and cultivation after cutting from the same site. The chlorophyll content of GL was 3.3 times higher than YL at the one bud two leaves of the first harvest time. The chroma of brightness (L), red (a), and yellow (b) were 1.4, 1.1, and 1.6 times higher in YL than in GL, respectively. On the other hand, the total amino acid was 41.0 ± 1.0 mg/g for YL and 16.0 ± 0.6 mg/g for GL, showing a 2.6 times higher amino acid content in YL than GL. The L-theanine content was also 3.0 times higher in the YL (25.8 ± 0.3 mg/g) than in the GL (8.7 ± 0.4 mg/g). The L-theanine content in the total amino acid was 62.9% for the YL and 54.4% for the GL. The other amino acid contents were 15.1 ± 0.7 mg/g for the YL and 7.3 ± 0.2 mg/g for the GL. The total catechin content was 8.96 ± 0.08 mg/g for the YL and 7.19 ± 1.22 mg/g for the GL. The (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and (-)-epigallocatechin (ECG) contents were higher in the YL than in the GL. Nevertheless, the (-)-epigallocatechin (EGC) content of GL was 1.2 times higher than the YL. In conclusion, the YL is another cultivar compared to the GL because of its different leaf yellow color, high amino acid, and L-theanine contents than GL.