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

Table 4.

Diet composition and analyzed gross energy, nutrient, and amino acid (AA) content of diets used in the AA digestibility experiment (as-fed basis)

Item FW1 SMW FVW N free
Ingredient, %
 Corn starch 43.95 43.95 43.95 67.80
 Food waste 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00
 Sucrose 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
 Soybean oil 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.10 1.10 1.10 2.15
 Limestone 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.45
 Titanium dioxide 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
 Salt 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
 VTM premix2 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Potassium carbonate 0.40
 Magnesium oxide 0.10
 Solka-Floc3 4.00
Analyzed composition
 Dry matter, % 92.67 92.38 93.16 93.17
 Crude protein, % 13.19 6.12 2.84 0.38
 Neutral detergent fiber % 1.30 0.79 9.03 1.61
 Acid detergent fiber, % 0.19 0.49 5.78 1.35
 Gross energy, kcal/kg 3,990 3,991 3,569 3,375
Indispensable AA, %
 Arg 0.80 0.30 0.09 0.01
 His 0.31 0.17 0.04 0.00
 Ile 0.51 0.27 0.08 0.01
 Leu 0.84 0.44 0.15 0.04
 Lys 0.93 0.40 0.10 0.02
 Met 0.33 0.11 0.03 0.01
 Phe 0.48 0.23 0.09 0.02
 Thr 0.52 0.22 0.07 0.01
 Trp 0.12 0.07 0.03 0.02
 Val 0.57 0.29 0.10 0.01
 Total 4.58 2.17 0.72 0.13
Dispensable AA, %
 Ala 0.92 0.33 0.12 0.02
 Asp 1.12 0.50 0.24 0.02
 Cys 0.09 0.06 0.03 0.01
 Glu 1.62 0.99 0.33 0.05
 Gly 1.35 0.33 0.10 0.02
 Pro 0.83 0.34 0.14 0.03
 Ser 0.47 0.21 0.08 0.01
 Tyr 0.34 0.16 0.04 0.01
 Total 6.76 2.93 1.08 0.16

1FW = fish waste; SMW = supermarket waste; FVW = fruits and vegetable waste.

2VTM = 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.

3International Fiber Corporation, North Tonawanda, NY.