Table 2.

Analysed non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) present in the feed ingredients with details of NSP constituent sugars (g/100 g as fed) ¹

Ingredient	Rhamnose	Fucose	Arabinose	Xylose	Mannose	Galactose	Glucose	Glucuronic acid	Galactose acid	Total NSP	Cellulose 2
Wheat
Soluble	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.1	2.5	–
Insoluble	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.5	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	8.3	–
Total	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.4	0.2	0.4	3.2	0.0	0.1	10.8	2.1
Soya bean meal
Soluble	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	3.4	–
Insoluble	0.2	0.1	1.8	1.1	0.4	2.6	3.4	0.0	1.6	11.2	–
Total	0.3	0.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	3.3	3.7	0.0	2.5	14.6	3.0
Rapeseed meal
Soluble	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.9	5.0	–
Insoluble	0.2	0.1	3.5	1.6	0.6	1.3	6.1	0.0	3.2	16.5	–
Total	0.3	0.2	4.7	1.8	0.8	1.8	6.9	0.0	5.2	21.6	6.0
Sunflower meal
Soluble	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.0	2.5	4.3	–
Insoluble	0.3	0.1	2.5	6.6	1.3	0.8	11.6	0.0	1.6	24.8	–
Total	0.4	0.1	3.1	6.7	1.6	1.1	12.0	0.0	4.1	29.1	11.4

¹ NSPs and their constituent sugars were analysed by gas–liquid chromatography (Englyst et al., 1994).

² Analysed.