. 2019 Jun 12;9(6):343. doi: 10.3390/ani9060343

Table 2.

Chemical composition (g/kg dry matter (DM) unless stated otherwise) of tomato pomace samples taken from two processing plants at weekly intervals during the tomato harvesting campaign.

Item	Sampling Time (Weeks)						Average	SEM ¹	p-Value
Item	1	2	3	4	5	6	Average	SEM ¹	p-Value
DM (g/kg)	260	277	244	276	231	291	263	36.2	0.841
Organic matter	961	965	957	962	963	970	963	3.5	0.350
Crude protein	173	150	160	158	159	161	160	8.4	0.623
Acid detergent insoluble N (ADIN)	2.22	1.58	2.07	2.08	2.12	2.24	2.05	0.146	0.126
Neutral detergent fiber	541	574	565	589	576	584	572	9.5	0.096
Acid detergent fiber	408	442	434	466	442	442	439	9.4	0.063
Acid detergent lignin	217 ^a	244 ^ab	229 ^ab	259 ^b	246 ^ab	270 ^b	244	7.2	0.017
Ether extract	107 ^c	101 ^bc	76.5 ^ab	69.7 ^a	81.9 ^ab	84.4 ^ab	82.7	5.36	0.015
Total sugars	123	124	134	108	113	127	122	15.4	0.856
Total soluble polyphenols	4.05	4.36	3.42	3.40	3.05	2.55	3.47	0.408	0.137
Potential DM degradability	595	574	614	583	595	519	580	27.0	0.323

^abc Within each variable, mean values with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05). ¹ SEM = standard error of the mean.