Nutrients or Non-nutrients | Purified Ingredient Diet | Grain-Based Diet |
---|---|---|
 | Typical Sources | Typical Sources |
Protein | Casein | Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn and wheat, whey, alfalfa |
Fat | Soybean oil, corn oil | Porcine animal fat, fish meal, meat meal |
Carbohydrate | Corn starch, maltodextrin, sucrose | Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, ground oats, wheat middlings |
Fiber | Refined Cellulose (INSOLUBLE Fiber) | Ground corn or wheat, dried beet pulp, ground oats, alfalfa, wheat middlings (SOLUBLE and INSOLUBLE Fibers including cellulose, hemicellulose, lignins and pectin) |
Micronutrients | Vitamin and mineral premixes | Most ingredients, extra micronutrients added |
Phytoestrogens | None present in diet | Mainly soybean meal, alfalfa meal |
Heavy Metals | None present in diet | Mainly from grains and meat meals |