Australian Sweet Lupin (ASL) has a nutritional profile ideally suited for human consumption with high protein and fibre, but low starch and fat content. The nutritional and protein profile of germinated ASL may be better than ungerminated ASL and these improvements would provide further benefits in its use as an ingredient in food applications. In this study the nutritional components such as p...

Experiments were carried out to study the digestibility of a cassava (gari) diet and its effect on growth in young male dogs. Three groups of dogs were fed on diets with rice (control), cassava (gari), and rice + cyanide respectively as the carbohydrate source. Each diet contained 130 g crude protein (nitrogen x 6,25)/kg, was supplemented with vitamins and minerals, and was fed for 14 weeks. Va...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the physicochemical and sensory characteristics muffins produced from mocaf, orange sweet potato flour, breadfruit starch, starch with various comparisons. A non-factorial completely randomized design (CRD) used make muffin formulation (P) ratio 70%:15%:5%:5%:5%, 60%:20%:10%:5%:5%, 50%:25%:15%:5%:5%, 40%:30%:20%:5%:5%,30%:35%:25%:5%:5%,20%:40%...

Experiments were carried out to study the digestibility of a cassava (gari) diet and its effect on growth in young male dogs. Three groups of dogs were fed on diets with rice (control), cassava (gari), and rice + cyanide respectively as the carbohydrate source. Each diet contained 130 g crude protein (nitrogen x 6.25)/kg, was supplemented with vitamins and minerals, and was fed for 14 weeks. Va...

At weaning (33 days of age), 246 hybrid rabbits (782 ± 53 g live weight) were divided into six experimental groups and fed ad libitum six iso-ADF diets formulated according to a bifactorial arrangement with two protein levels (152 and 162 g/kg) and three soluble fibre-to-starch ratios (0.2, 0.6 and 1.5), the latter obtained by replacing starch (from 209 to 91 g/kg) with soluble fibre (from 48 t...

Four groups of seven dairy cows were given hay plus high-fibre concentrates based on sugar-beet feed (hay-concentrate, 40:60 w/w) or high-starch concentrates based on flaked maize (hay-concentrate, 20:80 w/w), with a crude protein (nitrogen x 6.25) content of either 160 or 220 g/kg dry matter, over weeks 4-18 of lactation. Performance during week 3 of lactation, when all cows were fed on a stan...

In 2006 in Germany new recommendations for the supply of energy and nutrients to pigs were published, including a modification of the energy evaluation on the basis of metabolisable energy for pigs (MES). It was the objective of this meta-analysis to calculate equations that can be used for predicting MES in compound feeds for pigs on the basis of their nutrient concentrations. Data from digest...

Generally, dietary fibre (DF) includes lignin, non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and resistant starch (RS). In monogastric species, low levels of dietary fibre in the diet are associated with various diseases and high levels reduce nutrient digestibilities. In this study, the effects of different types and levels of NSP (soluble: β-glucan, insoluble cellulose) and resistant starch on mucin secre...

Background: Greater consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancers. The most important nutrients present in plants are carbohydrates, such as the starch and free sugars, oils, proteins, minerals, ascorbic acid, and the antioxidant phenols. Plants are an essential component of the universe. Human beings have used those as medic...

The influence on the nutrients content (soluble sugars, starch, dietary fibre and calcium) and antinutritional factors (a-galactosides and phytic acid) of faba beans (Vicia faba, L. major) of soaking in different solutions (distilled water, citric acid, and sodium bicarbonate solutions), cooking the presoaked seeds, dryheating and germination have been studied. Soaking brought about a decrease ...