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 | – | – | – | – | – |