Table 1.
Batch‐to‐batch analysis of seven batches of the NF
| Parameters | Units | Batch Number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | ||
| Moisture | % | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Crude protein | % | 35.2 | 34.2 | 37.4 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 40.1 | 37.8 |
| Crude fat | % | 18.6 | 20.9 | 17.4 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 19.5 |
| Free fatty acid | % as oleic acid | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 |
| Ash | % | 3.6 | 3.4 | ND | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Carbohydrates* | % | 39.5 | 38.4 | ND | 34.7 | 34.1 | 33.7 | 37.9 |
| Dietary fibre | % | 37.1 | 42.9 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 38.4 | 37.4 | 42.6 |
| Soluble | % | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Insoluble | % | 36.0 | 42.0 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 36.2 | 38.4 | 40.2 |
| Peroxide value** | mEkv O2/kg | 0.53 | 0.72 | ND | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 0.29 |
| Cadmium | mg/kg | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Lead | mg/kg | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 |
| Mercury | mg/kg | < 0.005 | 0.008 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 | < 0.005 |
| Arsenic | mg/kg | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 |
| Aluminium | mg/kg | 27 | 7.1 | 33 | 24 | ND | ND | 15 |
ND: not determined.
*
By difference: 100% – [protein % + moisture % + fat % + ash %].
**
Lipid oxidation measurement by method NMKL 158:1997.