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. 2024 Feb 14;14(4):619. doi: 10.3390/ani14040619

Table 24.

Nutritional value (g/kg, dry matter basis unless otherwise specified) of whole and dehulled faba beans, lupins and field peas.

Nutrient/ANF Faba Beans 1,* Faba Beans 2 ASL 3 ASL 2 White Lupins 4,# Field Peas 5 Field Peas 2
W D W D W D W D W D W D W D
Dry matter 888 885 883 879 911 906 9301 896 - - 906 925 869 874
Crude protein 289 321 275 322 250 311 309 416 430 518 208 234 232 256
Crude fat - - - - 54 65 - - 107 119 12 10 - -
Crude fibre 95 26 - - - - - - 140 44 - - - -
NDF 168 85 - - 290 130 - - - - 142 129 - -
ADF 126 27 - - 219 82 - - - - 64 22 - -
Starch - - 408 464 - - - - - - 403 465 464 481
NSP (total) - - 205 98 - - 495 259 - - - - 160 92
Soluble NSP - - 20 14 - - 32 19 - - - - 19 15
Insoluble NSP - - 185 84 - - 463 240 - - - - 141 77
Ash 46 45 - - 38 39 - - 40 39 27 28 - -
Calcium - - - - 3.6 2.4 - - - - 0.7 0.3 - -
Phosphorous - - - - 6.1 7.7 - - - - 3.0 3.2 - -
Tannins 4.4 2.6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
TI activity (TIU/mg) 4.2 6.5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Indispensable amino acids
Arginine 8.7 8.9 24.5 29.5 24.2 28.7 25.4 36.5 9.4 10.1 18.7 20.1 17.4 19.0
Histidine 2.8 2.9 6.6 7.7 6.8 8.5 7.9 10.3 4.8 3.6 5.1 5.5 5.6 6.1
Lysine 6.3 6.1 15.3 17.4 12.2 14.3 14.5 18.6 5.0 5.7 15.9 17.1 16.1 17.0
Phenylalanine 4.1 4.2 10.3 12.2 9.9 12.1 10.9 15.0 2.1 1.1 10.8 11.2 10.5 11.2
Leucine 7.4 7.7 17.7 21.0 16.6 21.4 18.8 25.9 5.8 4.0 15.2 16.5 15.0 16.0
Isoleucine 4.3 4.4 9.4 11.1 9.9 12.3 10.4 14.4 2.3 1.6 7.4 8.3 8.4 8.9
Valine 4.8 5.1 24.5 29.5 10.6 11.8 25.4 36.5 3.2 3.4 8.7 9.7 17.4 19.0
Methionine 0.7 0.8 1.9 2.1 1.6 2.3 1.9 2.6 4.8 5.5 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0
Threonine 3.4 3.0 8.4 9.7 9.2 10.5 10.2 14.1 - - 8.2 8.7 7.8 8.1
Tryptophan 0.7 0.8 - - 2.4 3.1 - - 4.7 5.1 - - - -

1 cv. Alfred [24]; 2 cv. PGG Tic [31]; 3 cv. Boregine [250]; 4 cv. Amiga [251]; 5 cv. Trapper [102]. Abbreviation: ANF—antinutritional factor; W—whole; D—dehulled; ASL—Australian sweet lupin; NDF—neutral detergent fibre; ADF—acid detergent fibre; NSP—non-starch polysaccharides; TI—trypsin inhibitor; TIU—trypsin inhibitor units; na—not available. * Air dry basis; # Amino acid concentrations are based on g per 16 g nitrogen.