Skip to main content

Table 5 Composition of the experimental diets

From: Effects of apples and specific apple components on the cecal environment of conventional rats: role of apple pectin

Ingredients

(g/kg feed)

Control

Whole raw apple

(10 g/rat/day)c

Apple puree

(10 g/day/rat)c

Apple juice

(8 ml/rat/day)c

Apple pomace

(0.5 g/rat/day)

Pectin low

(0.33%)

Pectin medium

(3.3%)

Pectin high

(7%)

Apple pomace

0

0

0

0

35

0

0

0

Apple pectin

0

0

0

0

0

3.3

33

70

Na-caseinate

200

232

232

232

200

200

200

200

Sucrose

100

60

0

0

100

100

100

100

Cornstarch

456

465

525

497

421

453

423

386

Soybean oil

70

80

80

80

70

70

70

70

Corn oil

80

92

92

92

80

80

80

80

Cellulose

50

22

22

50

50

50

50

50

Mineral mixturea

32

37

37

37

32

32

32

32

Vitamin mixtureb

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

  1. a: Containing in mg/kg diet: 2500 Ca; 1600 P; 3600 K; 300 S; 2500 Na; 1500 Cl; 600 Mg; 34 Fe; 30 Zn; 10 Mn; 0.20 I; 0.15 Mo; 0.15 Se; 2.5 Si; 1.0 Cr; 1.0 F; 0.5 Ni; 0.5 B; 0.1 B; 0.1 V; 0.07 Co.
  2. b: Containing in mg/kg diet: 5000 (IU) vitamin A; 1000 (IU) vitamin D3; 50 (IU) vitamin E; 5 thiamin; 6 riboflavin; 8 pyridoxol; 2 folic acid; 0.3 D-biotin; 0.03 vitamin B-12; 20 pantothenate; 2600 cholinhydrogentartrat; 400 inositol; 40 nicotinic acid; 1 phylloquinone; 40 p-aminobenzoic acid; 1000 methionine; 2000 L-cystine.
  3. c: Amount which is given in addition to the diet