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. 2020 Mar 3;68(12):3868–3880. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07706

Table 3. Overview of Animal Feed Groups for Validation Purposes of Multimethods8.

no. feed group characteristics matrix example
F1 cabbage vegetable high water content kale
  forage plant   weeds, alfalfa, clover, rape
  leaves from root and tuber vegetables   sugar beet leaves
  silage   maize, clover, weeds
F2 fruit pulp high acidic and high water content citrus fruits
F3 extraction cake high sugar and low water content rape extraction cake
F4a oils and oilseeds high fat and very low water content sunflower, rapeseeds
F4b oil fruits high fat and moderate water content soybeans, olives
F5 cereals low water and low fat content, high starch, and/or protein content wheat, rye, barley, maize, rice, oat grains
  hay   weeds
  legumes   horse bean, lenses
  straw   wheat, rye, barley, oat
F6 special matrices    
F7 meat, fish and shellfishes animal-based compound feed feed from fish farms
F8 milk and milk products    
F9 eggs    
F10 fat from animal-based compound feed fat-based compound feed