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. 2018 Jan 29;96(2):532–544. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky010

Table 1.

Analyzed nutrient composition of corn, wheat, soybean meal, canola meal, distillers dried grains with solubles, corn germ meal, copra expellers, sugar beet pulp, synthetic cellulose, and pectin, as-fed basis

Item Ingredienta
Corn Wheat SBM CM DDGS CGM CE SBP SF Pectin
Analyzed GE, MJ/kg 15.58 15.90 17.20 17.77 19.00 17.50 19.73 15.66 16.57 14.17
DM, % 85.42 86.81 88.80 88.90 88.77 89.28 96.54 92.48 98.35 91.50
CP, % 6.56 10.80 46.90 40.52 25.52 23.91 21.65 7.27 0.71 1.68
AEE, % 3.06 1.86 1.55 4.06 9.58 2.97 11.17 2.00 0.38 0.14
NDF, % 8.51 11.36 6.30 23.63 32.29 39.60 48.14 45.47 30.49 0.78
ADF, % 2.40 3.06 5.00 17.33 12.97 14.70 23.79 21.54 16.43 0.15
Lignin, % 0.47 0.69 0.16 7.39 2.29 4.29 5.14 2.46 ND ND
Ash, % 1.05 1.61 6.78 7.14 5.91 2.61 5.63 6.96 0.04 1.62
OM, % 84.37 85.20 82.02 81.76 82.86 86.67 90.91 85.52 98.31 89.88
Tanninsb, %
 SCT 0.02 0.05
 ICT 0.04 0.32
Sinapine, % ND 1.16
Glucosinolates, µmol/g 7.92
Glycerol, % <0.04 ND
Carbohydrates, %
 Total starch 64.71 60.01 5.80 1.87 5.11 19.20 4.02 3.88 ND
 Resistant starch 9.72 12.83 4.41 1.79 1.30 2.91 3.54 3.55 ND
 Glucose 0.19 0.16 ND ND 0.26 0.06 0.12 0.20 ND 41.79
 Fructose 0.15 0.09 ND ND 0.11 0.41 0.58 0.16 ND ND
 Maltose ND ND 0.16 ND 0.37 ND ND ND ND ND
 Sucrose 1.62 0.76 8.18 6.86 ND 0.07 9.36 10.55 ND ND
 Stachyose ND ND 6.01 2.34 ND ND ND ND ND ND
 Raffinose 0.28 0.51 1.42 0.66 ND 0.16 ND 0.29 ND ND
 FOSc, % 2.09 2.53 1.54 4.33 1.53
  Inulin 1.08 1.31 0.80 2.25 0.80
  Levan 1.01 1.22 0.74 2.08 0.73
 TDF, % 10.76 11.40 17.84 26.42 34.66 39.78 43.84 48.54 93.31 51.69
 IDF, % 10.71 10.93 16.70 25.44 34.38 38.47 42.05 44.57 93.16 0.09
 SDF, % 0.06 0.47 1.14 0.98 0.29 1.31 1.79 3.97 0.15 51.60
Cellulosed 1.93 2.37 4.84 9.94 10.68 10.41 18.65 19.08 16.43 0.15
Insoluble hemicellulosese 6.11 8.30 1.30 6.30 19.32 24.90 24.35 23.93 14.06 0.63
NSPf 10.29 10.71 17.68 19.03 32.37 35.49 38.70 46.08 93.31 51.69
Insoluble NSPg 10.24 10.24 16.54 18.05 32.09 34.18 36.91 42.11 93.16 0.09
Non-cellulosic NSPh 8.36 8.34 12.84 9.09 21.69 25.08 20.05 27.00 76.88 51.54
Calculated values
 Sumi, % 105.05 102.92 105.84 100.97 94.29 104.22 99.83 88.90 96.09 105.42
 Calculated GEj, MJ/kg 16.82 16.27 17.86 17.21 16.75 17.78 19.17 13.71 16.56 15.91
 Differencek, MJ/kg 1.24 0.37 0.65 −0.56 −2.25 0.28 −0.56 −1.94 −0.01 1.74
 Differencel, % 107.97 102.36 103.80 96.85 88.17 101.63 97.16 87.58 99.97 112.31

aCM = canola meal; CGM = corn germ meal; CE = copra expellers; ND = not detected.

bSCT = soluble condensed tannins; ICT = insoluble condensed tannins.

cFOS = fructo-oligosaccharides; levans = FOS − inulin.

dCellulose = ADF − lignin.

eInsoluble hemicelluloses = NDF − ADF.

fNSP = non-starch polysaccharides, TDF − lignin.

gInsoluble NSP = NSP − SDF.

hNon-cellulosic NSP = NSP − cellulose.

iSummation of moisture, ash, total AA, AEE, TDF, total starch, glucose, fructose, sucrose, stachyose, raffinose, and FOS.

jCalculated as (AEE × 39.36 MJ/kg) + (total AA × 23.45 MJ/kg) + [(total starch + FOS + NSP) × 17.58 MJ/kg] + [(glucose + fructose + sucrose + stachyose + raffinose) × 15.49 MJ/kg] + (lignin × 29.13 MJ/kg).

kThe difference between the calculated gross energy of the components and the analyzed gross energy of the ingredient.

lThe percentage of analyzed gross energy that is accounted for in the calculated gross energy.