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Table 3 Carbohydrates and lignin in oilseed meals and expellers (g/kg DM)a

From: Structures and characteristics of carbohydrates in diets fed to pigs: a review

Items

Meal

Expellers

 

Soybean

Rapeseed

Canola

Cottonseed

Sunflower

Rapeseed

Cottonseed

Sunflower

Starch

27

18

21

19

23

15

18

10

Cellulose

59

52

112

90

124

59

92

123

Lignin

18

133

83

92

130

90

83

133

Sucrose

70

58

77

16

–

68

10

36

Raffinose

10

4

7

35

–

3

39

14

Stachyose

47

12

26

13

–

13

14

3

Verbascose

3

0

–

2

–

0

1

0

Pectin

68

97

–

–

56

–

–

–

Dietary fiberb

 Total dietary fiber

191

–

297

–

–

–

–

–

 Insoluble dietary fiber

174

–

286

–

–

–

–

–

 Soluble dietary fiber

16

–

11

–

–

–

–

–

  1. aAdapted from Bach Knudsen [48], Malathi and Devegowda [71], Bach Knudsen [30], NRC [17], and Bach Knudsen [42], Navarro et al. [66]
  2. bValues for dietary fiber were adapted from Jaworski and Stein [69] Navarro et al. [66], Navarro et al. [67]
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