Table 1.

Analyzed chemical composition and physical characteristics of high-fiber ingredients (as-fed basis)

Item, %1	Ingredient
	DDGS	SFM	OB	WB	CB	SBP	AP	SH
Gross energy, MJ/kg	18.47	17.60	18.55	17.15	17.59	16.00	18.36	16.12
Dry matter	88.62	89.55	91.63	89.22	92.37	90.02	93.63	90.99
Organic matter2	82.35	83.38	86.02	83.44	87.69	83.12	91.39	86.95
Crude protein2	23.34	31.20	21.58	14.87	17.29	10.33	6.63	8.68
Ether extract	6.91	0.84	7.69	3.72	2.90	0.58	3.03	1.54
NDF	32.68	37.45	39.17	43.78	46.99	42.81	46.18	64.01
ADF	19.35	25.40	8.74	12.90	11.82	24.02	33.04	45.54
TDF	33.65	44.26	45.87	46.01	52.80	61.02	63.23	73.67
SDF	2.60	4.10	18.06	4.01	1.85	14.44	17.73	6.10
IDF	31.05	40.16	27.81	42.00	50.95	46.58	45.50	67.57
Hemicellulose	13.32	12.04	30.43	30.89	35.17	18.79	13.15	18.47
Cellulose	13.37	17.69	5.53	10.44	11.47	20.54	29.23	44.08
ADL	5.15	6.48	2.89	2.08	0.11	1.75	0.57	1.10
NSP	28.49	37.78	42.98	43.93	52.69	59.27	62.66	72.57
Insoluble NSP	25.89	33.68	24.92	39.92	50.84	44.83	44.93	66.47
Non-cellulosic NSP	15.12	20.09	37.45	33.49	41.22	38.73	33.42	28.48
Swelling, mL/g	3.73	3.12	5.56	2.68	3.90	7.62	3.30	6.76
WBC, g/g	2.24	4.25	7.86	6.04	5.32	9.54	8.49	5.70

¹DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; SFM, sunflower meal; OB, oat bran; WB, wheat bran; CB, corn bran; SBP, sugar beet pulp; AP, apple pomace; SH, soybean hulls; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; TDF, total dietary fiber; SDF, soluble dietary fiber; IDF, insoluble dietary fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; NSP, non-starch polysaccharides, TDF − ADL; insoluble NSP, NSP − SDF; noncellulosic NSP, NSP − cellulose; WBC, water binding capacity.

²Organic matter was calculated as the difference between dry matter and ash.