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Table 1 Chemical composition (% of DM) of brewers’ spent grain (BSG) and residues after hydrolysis using proteases varying with enzyme doses

From: Feed nutritional value of brewers’ spent grain residue resulting from protease aided protein removal

Item

Residue, enzyme dosed

BSG

SEM

P <

Low

Med

MedH

High

  

Enz

L

Q

Int

R:BSG

OM

 Alcalase

95.8a

95.2a

94.3

94.2

94.4

0.23

0.01

0.01

0.14

0.02

0.03

 Everlase

94.2b

94.1b

93.9

94.0

94.4

  

0.45

0.72

 

0.18

 Flavourzyme

94.5b

94.3b

94.0

94.2

94.4

  

0.16

0.41

 

0.67

NDF

 Alcalase

71.4

72.7

70.9

74.8a

46.6

0.74

0.01

0.01

0.08

0.05

0.01

 Everlase

71.6

72.6

69.2

75.0a

46.6

  

0.05

0.01

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

69.7

69.0

70.1

71.4b

46.6

  

0.06

0.21

 

0.01

ADF

 Alcalase

30.8a

31.4a

31.1a

32.1

20.8

0.43

0.01

0.07

0.70

0.02

0.01

 Everlase

28.5b

29.0b

29.1b

31.5

20.8

  

0.01

0.05

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

28.9b

28.2b

30.0a

31.0

20.8

  

0.01

0.11

 

0.01

HC

 Alcalase

40.6

41.2b

39.8

42.6a

25.8

0.71

0.01

0.12

0.10

0.12

0.01

 Everlase

43.1

43.6a

40.0

43.5a

25.8

  

0.44

0.02

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

40.8

40.8c

40.1

40.4b

25.8

  

0.52

0.75

 

0.01

NFC

 Alcalase

9.1a

8.9a

9.2a

6.2a

18.1

0.82

0.01

0.03

0.09

0.01

0.01

 Everlase

5.9b

6.4b

10.1a

6.0a

18.1

  

0.30

0.01

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

0.5c

0.7c

0.2b

1.5b

18.1

  

0.43

0.47

 

0.01

FA

 Alcalase

0.35

0.39ab

0.39a

0.43

0.30

0.018

0.01

0.02

0.92

0.12

0.01

 Everlase

0.34

0.43a

0.35b

0.40

0.30

  

0.19

0.32

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

0.32

0.34b

0.30c

0.35

0.30

  

0.32

0.32

 

0.21

CP

 Alcalase

9.3c

7.3c

8.0b

6.8b

25.6

0.49

0.01

0.01

0.41

0.01

0.01

 Everlase

10.9b

9.2b

8.9b

6.7b

25.6

  

0.01

0.76

 

0.01

 Flavourzyme

18.6a

19.0a

17.7a

15.0a

25.6

  

0.01

0.01

 

0.01

  1. OM organic matter, NDF neutral detergent fibre, ADF acid detergent fibre, HC hemicellulose, NFC non-fibre carbohydrate, FA ferulic acid, CP crude protein
  2. Enz, enzyme effects; L, Q, linear and quadratic effects of enzyme dose (enzyme:protein, w/w; 1:100, 5:100, 10:100, 15:100, respectively, for Low, Med, MedH and High); Int, interaction between enzyme and enzyme dosage; R:BSG, contrast between average of enzyme dosage and BSG
  3. a, b, cMeans with different letters in the same column and within a category differed (P < 0.05)
  4. dProtease dosage used in protein hydrolysis (% of BSG protein)