Table 2.

Chemical composition of four oat hull batches grown under different weather conditions (see Table 1 for description). All numbers represent triplicate percentages based on dry weight.

Component	Swe16	Swe17	Swe18	Den18
Lignin	25.4 ± 1.7	25.4 ± 2.3	19.7 ± 0.2	12.9 ± 0.7
Acid insoluble	23.1 ± 1.7	23.3 ± 2.3	17.2 ± 0.2	10.5 ± 0.5
Acid soluble	2.3 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2
Cellulose	17.2 ± 1.6	23.4 ± 2.6	16.0 ± 0.5	25.7 ± 0.2
Hemicellulose	33.1 ± 0.9	35.1 ± 0.1	27.9 ± 0.3	24.0 ± 0.1
Starch	8.5 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 0.6	16.3 ± 1.9	12.9 ± 0.4
Ash	6.0 ± 0.3	5.2 ± 0.1	5.7 ± 0.1	6.3 ± 0.1
Protein	1.7 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.2	5.4 ± 0.5	7.4 ± 0.4
Lipid	0.5 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.4	1.5 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.3