Ingredient | Low protein diet (g/100 g diet) | Medium protein diet (g/100 g diet) | High protein diet (g/ 100 g diet) |
Proteins | 9.2 | 17.0 | 55.9 |
Casein | 3.3 | 50.0 | |
Other proteins1-150 | 5.9 | 17.0 | 5.9 |
Carbohydrates | 75.4 | 58.7 | 28.7 |
Dextrin | 55.8 | 9.1 | |
Other carbohydrates† | 19.6 | 58.7 | 19.6 |
Lipids | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 |
Fibre | 1.4 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
Water | 4.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 |
Minerals | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Vitamin mixture | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Energy content (MJ 100 g) | 1.58 | 1.38 | 1.58 |
↵1-150 Other proteins include animal (fish) protein and vegetable (soya bean meal, yeast) protein at a ratio of 2:7. †Other carbohydrates are from cereals and cereal byproducts (including 13% starch).
High and low protein diets were prepared by adding casein and dextrin to the medium protein diet so that they contained 3.3% and 50% casein, respectively. Appropriate quantities of lipids, minerals and the vitamin mixture were added. The medium protein diet was rat and mouse maintenance diet A-04 from UAR, France.