Table 2.

Concentration of soluble β-mannans in common feedstuffs, % as is¹

Item	n	Minimum	Maximum	Mean
Palm kernel meal	4	3.56	7.27	4.83
Guar meal, ~40% CP	8	3.33	5.83	4.62
Soyhulls	2	4.29	4.61	4.45
Copra meal (coconut meal)	1	–	–	3.36
Guar meal, >47% CP	3	1.33	2.38	1.79
Sunflower, expeller	1	–	–	0.56
Soybean cake	3	0.43	0.72	0.53
Soybean meal, 44% CP, with hulls	7	0.25	0.87	0.53
Soybean meal, full fat, with hulls	15	0.28	0.70	0.47
Sunflower meal, ≤32% CP, with hulls	7	0.35	0.46	0.41
Soybean meal, 48% CP, dehulled	58	0.19	0.67	0.39
Soybean meal, fermented	2	0.39	0.39	0.39
Corn DDGS	12	0.15	0.73	0.38
Sunflower, >32% CP, dehulled	15	0.28	0.50	0.38
Barley	5	0.25	0.31	0.28
Oats	1	–	–	0.21
Wheat middlings	2	0.17	0.20	0.19
Rice	1	–	–	0.18
Wheat	15	0.07	0.28	0.18
Wheat bran	4	0.14	0.23	0.17
Cassava/Tapioca	2	0.12	0.18	0.15
Beet flour	1	–	–	0.15
Rice bran	1	–	–	0.13
Rapeseed meal	11	0.09	0.25	0.12
Corn gluten meal	2	0.07	0.16	0.11
Lentils	2	0.10	0.11	0.11
Oats, dehulled	2	0.06	0.15	0.11
Sorghum	3	0.09	0.12	0.11
Corn meal (maize screenings)	3	0.05	0.14	0.10
Corn germ meal	1	–	–	0.10
Hominy	2	0.08	0.12	0.10
Corn	33	0.06	0.15	0.09
Rapeseed, expeller	1	–	–	0.09
Peas	5	0.06	0.08	0.07
Faba beans	3	0.05	0.05	0.05
Rapeseed, whole	2	0.05	0.06	0.05

¹Data from Elanco internal survey database.CP, crude protein.