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. 2013 Mar 15;4(1):11. doi: 10.1186/2049-1891-4-11

Table 9.

Analyzed composition of corn co-products, DM basis1

Item DDGS (WI) DDGS (IA) DDGS (SD) RO-DDGS (SD) DDGS (BPX) Drum-DDGS (MN) Microwave-DDGS (MN) Dried solubles Gluten feed
Crude protein
29.62
29.65
31.94
34.74
29.49
32.69
34.12
23.75
24.29
Starch
7.85
3.47
6.24
3.04
4.94
2.12
1.05
6.34
12.57
Crude fiber
7.05
7.76
7.56
8.69
7.95
7.93
8.35
0.08
8.56
TDF
30.34
38.14
35.69
37.20
35.90
35.38
43.18
16.07
40.07
NDF
34.61
40.13
40.12
50.96
33.41
44.87
49.12
2.33
42.66
ADF
11.25
10.55
14.42
15.82
8.62
13.16
14.66
0.49
9.90
Cellulose
10.64
10.12
11.72
12.72
8.21
11.95
13.37
0.79
9.17
Lignin
1.21
1.06
3.16
3.49
1.00
1.72
1.92
0.31
1.05
Item
DHDG corn
Dehy corn germ
Corn germ meal
Bran
Bran + solubles
Gluten meal
HP-DDG (MOR)
HP-DDG (Poet)
HP-DDG (ICM)
Starch
87.96
25.00
15.29
23.25
25.73
11.08
0.51
7.30
5.10
Crude fiber
0.60
4.87
10.69
11.54
4.80
1.44
8.14
9.42
7.87
TDF
2.61
24.78
47.76
53.60
26.65
9.24
28.80
31.28
36.75
NDF
4.27
27.37
61.05
56.86
25.21
12.25
43.52
32.00
51.09
ADF
0.49
6.13
12.49
13.14
5.35
7.57
25.42
12.61
15.11
Cellulose
0.77
5.21
11.71
12.78
5.38
5.95
22.55
12.05
14.25
Lignin 0.33 1.28 1.22 0.89 0.55 2.24 3.40 0.95 1.44

1Abbreviations: TDF, total dietary fiber; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; RO-DDGS, reduced oil-DDGS; drum- or microwave-dried DDGS; DHDG, dehulled-degermed; HP-DDG, high protein dried distillers grains. Abbreviations within brackets ( ) refers to the state or company where the product was obtained [84].