Table 1.

Composition of diets containing various sweet potatoes (g/kg diet)

	AIN-93M	20% O’Henry*	20% NC Japanese €	10% P40ℓ	20% P40	30% P40
Freeze-dried sweet potato	0	200	200	100	200	300
Casein	140	123	126	135	130	125
L-cystine	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Corn starch	466	367	356	416	367	318
Maltodextrin	155	81	86	113	72	30
Sucrose	100	100	100	100	100	100
Soybean Oil	40	38	39	39	39	38
Cellulose	50	42	44	47	43	40
AIN-93M mineral mix ¥	35	35	35	35	35	35
AIN-93M vitamin mix ¶	10	10	10	10	10	10
Choline Bitartrate	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
TBHQ, antioxidant	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.008

^*Each gram of O’Henry powder contains 86 mg of protein, 8 mg of fat, 495 mg of starch, and 40 mg of fiber

^€Each gram of NC Japanese powder contains 68 mg of protein, 6 mg of fat, 548 mg of starch, and 30 mg of fiber

^ℓEach gram of P40 powder contains 51 mg of protein, 6 mg of fat, 493 mg of starch, and 33 mg of fiber