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. 2021 Oct 13;16(3):285–297. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2022.16.3.285

Table 1. Composition of the experimental diet1) .

Ingredient Control diets (10% kcal fat) High-fat diets (45% kcal fat)
g kcal g kcal
Casein 200 800 200 800
L-cystine 3 12 3 12
Sucrose 350 1,400 172.8 691
Cornstarch 315 1,260 72.8 291
Dyetrose 35 140 100 400
Korean PNO or SBO 45 405 45 405
Lard 0 0 157.5 1,417.5
t-Butylhydroquinone 0.009 0 0.009 0
Cellulose 50 0 50 0
Mineral mix2) 35 0 35 0
Vitamin mix3) 10 40 10 40
Choline bitartrate 2 0 2 0
Total 1,045.0 4,057.0 848.1 4,056.5
kcal/g diet 3.85 4.73

PNO, pine nut oil; SBO, soybean oil.

1)Resource: Dyets, Inc., Bethlehem, PA, USA.

2)Thirty-five g of mineral mix (Research Diets, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ, USA, S10026) provides 1.0 g sodium, 1.6 g chloride, 0.5 g magnesium, 0.33 g sulfur, 59 mg manganese, 45 mg iron, 29 mg zinc, 6 mg copper, 2 mg chromium, 1.6 mg molybdenum, 0.16 mg selenium, 0.9 mg fluoride, 0.2 mg, iodine and 3.99 g sucrose.

3)Ten g of vitamin mix (Research Diets, Inc., V10001) provides 4000 IU vitamin A, 1000 IU vitamin D3, 50 IU vitamin E, 30 mg niacin, 16 mg pantothenic acid, 7 mg vitamin B6, 6 mg vitamin B1, 6 mg vitamin B2, 2 mg folic acid, 0.5 mg menadione, 0.2 mg biotin, 10 μg vitamin B12 and 9.78 g sucrose.