Components | Chemical composition* of DBs | LSD | |||||
CDB | SDB | PDB | CDKB | SDKB | PKDB | ||
Moisture% | 17.30a | 17.49a | 17.44a | 16.16b | 16.33b | 16.38b | 0.94 |
Crude protein% | 11.20b | 10.72bc | 9.16d | 12.35a | 11.89a | 10.31c | 0.63 |
Crude fat% | 10.32d | 11.53b | 11.0c | 11.24c | 11.75a | 11.51b | 0.09 |
Total ash% | 2.53c | 2.46cd | 2.39d | 2.78a | 2.64b | 2.63b | 0.07 |
Total carbohydrates% | 56.65c | 57.80cd | 59.81a | 57.97c | 57.39d | 59.17b | 0.57 |
Total sugars% | 47.99a | 48.07a | 48.00a | 46.32c | 46.58bc | 46.87b | 0.37 |
Reducing sugars% | 42.86ab | 43.08a | 42.63ab | 41.14c | 42.49b | 41.48c | 0.51 |
Non-reducing sugars% | 4.87b | 4.74c | 5.10a | 4.92b | 3.89d | 5.15a | 0.13 |
Energy K cal.100g−1 | 372.28d | 377.85c | 376.68c | 380.44b | 382.87a | 381.51ab | 1.86 |