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. 2013 Nov 14;4(1):44. doi: 10.1186/2049-1891-4-44

Table 1.

Chemical composition of distillers dried grains with solubles

 
Distillers dried grains with solubles
 
 
Autoclaved at 130°C
Item Non-autoclaved 10 min 20 min 30 min
Dry matter, %
93.21
92.43
90.91
94.47
Ash, %
5.25
5.08
5.17
5.06
Crude protein (CP), %
27.91
27.44
26.51
27.05
AEE,1 %
10.20
12.73
12.83
9.25
Lysine: CP ratio2
2.94
2.37
2.75
2.51
Furosine, %
0.015
0.009
0.006
0.008
Reactive Lysine3
0.80
0.64
0.72
0.67
Acid detergent fibre, %
7.96
11.05
9.85
10.89
Neutral detergent fibre, %
31.29
33.23
33.32
32.40
Acid detergent lignin, %
0.88
2.06
1.73
2.57
Acid detergent insoluble N,4 %
0.12
0.53
0.42
0.55
Reducing sugars, %
0.78
0.60
0.88
0.65
Indispensable AA, %
 
 
 
 
 Arginine
1.24
1.10
1.19
1.10
 Histidine
0.71
0.67
0.70
0.67
 Isoleucine
0.97
0.91
0.96
0.93
 Leucine
2.92
2.82
2.89
2.78
 Lysine
0.82
0.65
0.73
0.68
 Methionine
0.53
0.49
0.52
0.50
 Phenylalanine
1.24
1.17
1.21
1.17
 Threonine
1.02
0.98
1.01
0.98
 Tryptophan
0.22
0.20
0.20
0.20
 Valine
1.26
1.19
1.26
1.23
Dispensable AA, %
 
 
 
 
 Alanine
1.90
1.83
1.87
1.82
 Aspartic acid
1.75
1.66
1.73
1.66
 Cysteine
0.55
0.50
0.52
0.50
 Glutamine
4.43
4.31
4.41
4.26
 Glycine
1.08
1.04
1.09
1.04
 Proline
2.21
2.06
2.13
2.04
 Serine 1.31 1.26 1.29 1.23

1AEE = acid hydrolyzed ether extract.

2Calculated by expressing the concentration of Lysine in each ingredient as a percentage of the concentration of CP [23].

3Reactive Lysine (%) = [Lysine (%) – (Furosine (%) ÷ 0.32 × 0.40)]; [2].

4ADIN, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen.