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. 2012 Jan;25(1):104–113. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11052

Table 1.

Analyzed nutrient composition of the sources of DDGS and HP-DDG, as-fed basis

Items (%) DDGS HP-DDG


Region CH11 CH21 CH31 Mean of Chinese corn DDGS CH42 US13 US24



Grain Corn Corn Corn Rice Corn Corn
Dry matter (%) 89.28 89.08 89.27 89.21 90.79 88.46 91.17
Gross energy (kcal/kg) 4,735 4,716 4,733 4,728 4,513 4,710 4,808
Crude protein (%) 23.60 28.49 24.99 25.69 28.55 25.78 39.92
Crude fat (%) 11.25 8.70 8.25 9.40 6.44 11.49 3.95
Crude fiber (%) 8.87 8.12 8.55 8.51 10.85 8.57 9.79
Neutral detergent fiber (%) 44.15 41.28 38.73 41.39 43.07 39.37 45.22
Acid detergent fiber (%) 16.45 16.88 13.22 15.52 17.39 11.63 12.87
Phosphorus (%) 0.49 0.22 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.28 0.04
Indispensable amino acids (%)
 Arginine 0.86 1.12 0.96 0.98 1.47 1.20 1.50
 Histidine 1.06 1.00 0.90 0.99 1.01 0.88 1.28
 Isoleucine 0.76 0.99 0.82 0.86 0.93 0.84 1.43
 Leucine 2.74 3.64 3.14 3.17 2.94 2.82 5.44
 Lysine 0.41 0.60 0.48 0.50 0.64 0.74 0.99
 Methionine 0.50 0.65 0.56 0.57 0.61 0.50 0.90
 Phenylalanine 1.03 1.32 1.08 1.14 1.28 1.14 2.06
 Threonine 0.78 1.00 0.88 0.89 0.92 0.86 1.42
 Tryptophan 0.16 0.18 0.14 0.16 0.24 0.18 0.25
 Valine 1.03 1.28 1.06 1.12 1.39 1.15 1.88
Dispensable amino acids (%)
 Alanine 1.58 2.06 1.78 1.81 1.84 1.70 3.07
 Aspartic acid 1.33 1.74 1.46 1.51 1.94 1.56 2.46
 Cystine 0.56 0.67 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.53 0.93
 Glutamate 3.20 4.50 3.64 3.78 4.08 3.24 6.75
 Glycine 0.80 0.98 0.84 0.87 1.10 0.94 1.32
 Proline 1.82 2.38 2.00 2.07 1.86 1.86 3.62
 Serine 1.05 1.38 1.15 1.19 1.34 1.18 2.00
 Tyrosine 0.82 1.10 1.01 0.98 1.08 0.94 1.65
Lysine:crude protein 1.74 2.11 1.92 1.93 2.24 2.87 2.48
1

Chinese distillers dried grains with solubles produced from corn. CH1, CH2, CH3 were produced at Shandong, Jilin and Hebei province, respectively.

2

Chinese distillers dried grains with solubles produced from rice, produced at Heilongjiang province.

3

American (Minnesota) distillers dried grains with solubles produced from corn.

4

American (Minnesota) high protein distillers dried grains.