Table 1.
Modified AIN-76A Diet Composition.
| Diet composition | ||
| Ingredient | % of weight | Amount/100 g |
| Casein (protein) | 20% | 20 g |
| Sucrose | 45% | 45 g |
| Corn starch (carbs) | 15% | 15 g |
| Alphacel (fiber) | 5% | 5 g |
| Choline bitartrate | 0.2% | 0.2 g |
| DL-methionine | 0.3% | 0.3 g |
| Mineral mix | 3.5% | 3.5 g |
| Vitamin mix | 1.0% | 1 g |
| Fat | 10% | 10 g |
| Total | 100% | 100 g |
| Total fat | 10 g | |
| Total protein | 20 g | |
| Total carbohydrate | 60 g | |
The base diet is an AIN-76A diet modified by substitution of 5% sucrose for 5% more oils to contain a total of 10% w/w oil. The mouse food recipe contains 10% fat in each diet supplied through these oils.