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. 2019 Apr 5;3(2):676–691. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz028

Table 2.

Diet composition and analyzed gross energy and chemical content of experimental diets containing fish waste (FW), supermarket waste (SMW), fruit and vegetable waste (FVW), and corn used in the energy balance experiment (as-fed basis)

Item FW SMW FVW Control
Ingredient, %
 Corn 66.90 66.90 66.90 96.90
 Food waste source 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15
 Limestone 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85
 Salt 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
 VTM premix1 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Titanium dioxide 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
 Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Analyzed composition
 Dry matter, % 87.73 86.76 87.67 86.53
 Gross energy, kcal/kg 4,172 4,108 3,786 3,821
 Crude protein, % 15.97 10.12 7.11 5.27
 Ether extract, % 12.65 11.10 12.13 2.54
 Titanium, % 0.25 0.22 0.23 0.21

1VTM = vitamin trace mineral. The premix provided the following per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 0.012 mg; riboflavin, 4 mg; niacin, 40 mg; pantothenic acid, 15 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; folic acid, 0.7 mg; thiamin, 1.5 mg; pyridoxine, 3 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg; Zn, 105 mg; Mn, 22 mg; Fe, 84 mg; Cu, 10 mg; I, 0.50 mg; Se, 0.35 mg.