Skip to main content
. 2009 Feb 4;296(4):R936–R943. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.90771.2008

Table 1.

Diet compositions for diets

Diet Composition HP HCSAT HCPUFA
Protein, % 44.2 33.8 35.1
Fat, % 14.7 16.9 16.6
CHO, % (by subtraction) 25.3 32.1 32.8
Fiber (crude), % 1.4 1.7 1.5
Ash, % 8.9 8.2 7.2
Moisture, % 5.5 7.3 6.8
Caloric value, kcal/g (by calculation) 4.1 4.2 4.2
Fatty Acid Analysis, %fat
    14:0 1.6 2.01 2.61
    14:1 0.4 0.4 0.3
    16:0 21.3 22.3 21.4
    16:1 n–7 3.6 3.7 4.4
    18:0 10 11.8 10.2
    18:1 n–9 32.9 34.2 30.3
    18:1 n–7 1.54 1.53 1.77
    18:1 n–9 T 2.8 3.4 3.4
    18:2 n–6 18.5 13.5 12.8
    20:0 0.2 0.2 0.2
    18:3 n–3 1.0 0.8 0.9
    20:2 n–6 < 0.1 < 0.1 0.2
    20:3n–6 0.1 0.10 0.1
    20:4 n–6 0.5 0.4 0.5
    24:0 0.12 < 0.1 < 0.1
    20:5 n–3 < 0.1 < 0.1 1.9
    22:5 n–3 < 0.1 < 0.1 0.4
    22:6 n–3 < 0.1 < 0.1 1.5
    Total fatty acid, %fat 92.5 91.8 89.9

HP, high-protein diet; HCSAT, high-carbohydrate/high-saturated fatty acid diet; HCPUFA, high-carbohydrate diet enriched in n–3 polyunsaturated fatty acids diet. Diet ingredients: whole chicken, poultry by-product meal, brewers rice, corn gluten meal, soybean meal (dehulled), whole corn (yellow), beef tallow, menhaden fish oil, corn bran, palatability coating, phosphoric acid, potassium chloride, mineral premix, NaCl, l-lysine, taurine, choline chloride.