Table 10.

Nutritional composition (g/kg, dry matter basis) of field peas.

Nutrient	Mean	Range *	References
Dry matter	888	869–913	[3,22,24,25,31,50,58,84,85,86,87,88,89,90]
Crude protein	236	114–301	[3,22,24,25,31,33,50,58,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96]
Crude fat	18	6.5–27	[3,22,25,33,50,58,85,86,87,88,89,90,93,94,96]
Crude fibre	101	49–286	[3,24,33,58,85,88,95,96]
Acid detergent fibre	85	100–230	[3,22,24,25,58,86,87,93]
Neutral detergent fibre	153	84–230	[3,22,24,25,50,58,86,87,93]
Starch	413	119–488	[58,87,89,90,92,93,94,95]
Ash	31	25–37	[3,22,24,25,33,50,58,85,87,89,90,93,94,96]
Calcium	0.9	0.5–1.2	[3,86,87,88,93]
Phosphorus	4.7	4.4–4.9	[3,86,87,88,93]

* Range is based on the average values reported in the given references.