Table 14.

Nutrient composition (g/kg, dry matter basis) of faba beans.

Nutrient	Mean	Range *	References
Crude protein	291	237–349	[3,24,25,33,44,58,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120]
Crude fat	16	10–28	[3,25,33,44,58,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120]
Crude fibre	106	84–232	[3,24,33,44,58,111,112,113,114,117,119,120]
Acid detergent fibre	116	83–133	[3,24,25,58,112,114,115,117,118,120]
Neutral detergent fibre	178	126–313	[3,24,25,58,112,114,117,118,120]
Ash	36	28–52	[3,24,25,33,44,58,111,114,115,116,117,119,120]
Starch	412	371–447	[58,107,112,114,116,117,118,120]
Calcium	1.3	1.0–1.7	[3,113,115,119,120]
Phosphorus	4.8	4.2–5.6	[3,113,115,120]

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