. 2021 Apr 26;45(2-3):111–128. doi: 10.1007/s11259-021-09791-6

Table 1.

Chemical composition (g/100 g DM) and energy value (kcal/100 g DM) of the analyzed commercial cereal-free (no 1-17) and cereal (no 18-36) dog food¹

Item	DM g/100 g	CP	EE	CF	CA	NFE	ME
1	92.85^fghi	28.14^ijkl	11.61^cdefg	5.59^cdefg	7.78^p	39.74^efg	374.1^ijklmn
2	92.86^ghi	24.40^cd	9.82^bcdef	5.71^defgh	7.74^p	45.21^hijk	364.4^fghijk
3	92.45^cde	29.42^lm	12.26^efgh	7.30^ghijk	5.92^cd	37.56^def	371.4^hijklmn
4	92.46^cde	25.71^def	8.02^ab	5.83^defghi	9.92^t	43.00^gh	348.6^bc
5	94.09^lm	38.20^o	14.26^ghijkl	7.79^ghijkl	7.04^lm	26.82^b	374.9^ijklmn
6	92.85^fghi	34.23ⁿ	18.21^o	15.14^p	6.37^fgh	18.92^a	336.6^ab
7	93.15^ij	34.74ⁿ	17.25^mno	4.24^bcdef	9.10^s	27.83^b	406.4^pq
8	92.37^cd	30.25^m	11.65^defg	8.52^jkl	8.05^q	33.91^cd	353.5^bcd
9	91.11^a	38.97^o	16.47^klmno	7.59^ghijkl	7,82^p	20.27^a	383.3^mno
10	91.64^b	35.41ⁿ	15.77^jklmno	7.75^ghijkl	7.10^mno	25.62^b	380.7^klmno
11	92.53^def	29.20^jklm	16.81^lmno	11.90^no	4.80^a	29.83^bc	359.9^defghi
12	93.60^k	26.05^efg	14.72^hijklm	4.12^abcde	6.07^cde	42.65^gh	403.5^pq
13	96.91^q	21.95^a	16.98^lmno	11.55^mno	6.49^hi	39.95^efg	357.0^cdefg
14	97.55^r	22.41^a	17.62^no	13.38^op	6.66^ijk	37.49^def	345.7^bc
15	95.87^o	38.12^o	17.98^o	11.76^no	7.71^p	20.32^a	358.1^cdefgh
16	97.39^r	38.07^o	16.49^klmno	4.32^bcdef	9.88^t	28.64^b	400.6^pq
17	93.77^kl	34.14ⁿ	21.39^p	13.23^op	7.28^no	17.74^a	360.7^efghij
18	92.45^cde	28.27^ijkl	14.74^hijklm	5.94^defghi	6.74^jk	36.77^de	388.9^mnop
19	96.82^q	29.27^klm	12.62^ghi	7.30^ghijk	5.87^c	41.78^fgh	373.1^ijklmn
20	92.15^c	26.26^efg	15.07^ijklmn	7.84^ghijkl	7.30^o	35.68^de	374.2^ijklmn
21	92.45^cde	22.61^ab	8.50^ab	3.05^ab	6.11^de	52.19^mn	381.3^klmno
22	93.01^hi	22.27^a	8.79^ab	3.10^ab	6.24^efg	52.62^mn	381.8^klmno
23	92.56^defg	23.90^bc	6.31^a	6.35^efghij	6.54^hij	49.46^klm	348.7^bc
24	94.14^m	27.92^ijk	6.76^a	3.22^abc	7.17^mno	49.07^klm	370.2^hijklmn
25	92.82^fghi	21.40^a	12.33^fgh	8.20^ijkl	7.31^o	43.59^ghi	358.9^cdefgh
26	94.51ⁿ	22.73^ab	9.82^bcdef	8.07^hijkl	4.93^a	48.96^jklm	357.4^cdefgh
27	91.54^b	22.58^ab	9.55^bcde	3.59^abcd	5.42^b	50.41^lmn	384.9^mno
28	96.34^p	25.14^cde	11.81^efg	6.59^fghij	7.19^mno	45.61^hijk	369.1^fghijklm
29	95.95^o	24.29^cd	11.84^efg	6.52^efghij	8.56^r	44.75^hij	364.9^fghijk
30	93.57^k	27.75^hij	13.51^ghij	9.13^klm	6.68^ijk	36.50^de	360.8^efghij
31	92.68^defgh	26.39^efgh	13.90^ghijk	2.90^ab	6.43^gh	43.07^gh	407.4^q
32	94.73ⁿ	29.40^lm	13.68^ghij	9.82^lmn	7.21^mno	34.62^d	355.2^bcde
33	94.63ⁿ	27.28^ghi	8.99^abcd	12.70^op	6.14^e	39.54^efg	319.4^a
34	93.78^kl	26.98^fghi	8.24^ab	3.88^abcd	6.84^kl	47.86^ijkl	373.5^ijklmn
35	93.48^jk	28.91^jklm	8.89^abc	6.39^efghij	7.08^mn	42.23^gh	359.2^defghi
36	92.73^efgh	21.69^a	8.87^ab	1.71^a	6.19^ef	54.28ⁿ	391.4^nop
Contrast
Cereal-free foods	93.73^a	31.14^b	15.13^b	8.57^b	7.39^b	31.50^a	369.4^a
Cereal foods	93.70^a	25.53^a	10.75^a	6.12^a	6.63^a	44.68^b	369.5^a
Recommended minimum level
FEDIAF (2020b)		18.00	5.50

DM dry matter, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, CF crude fiber, CA crude ash, NFE nitrogen free extract, ME, metabolizable energy

^aMeans with at least one same letter in the superscripts (a, b, c, …) not differ statistically at P = 0.05 (for all columns separately)