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Table 1

Composition of rapeseed seeds, hulls, and kernels and meals.

Oil Proteins Crude fibre Ashes NDF ADF ADL Dry matter
(% DM) (% DM) (%DM) (%DM) (%DM) (%DM) (%DM) content (%w/w)

Seeds 47.7 21.8 8.1 5.1 14.9 11.2 5.9 92.4
(corrected values) (20.3)
Technical kernels 53.3 24.5 2.7 4.7 5.27 3.3 0.3 93.4
(corrected values) (56.5) (21.5)
Technical hulls 12.0 15.2 32.3 6.6 50.7 41.8 23.1 89.3
Pure kernels 53.7 24.6 2.4 4.7 4.8 2.9 0.1
(calculated and corrected) (57.0) (21.6)
Pure hulls (calculated) 9.1 14.8 34.2 6.7 53.7 44.3 24.6
Theoretical seeds 48.0 20.3 8.3 5.1 13.9 10.6 4.7
Squared differences between reals seeds 5.2 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.3 1.6
and theoretical seeds (after correction) (0.1) (0.0)
Hull share of the seeds component 3.6% 13.7% 76.8% 24.9% 72.1% 78.0% 99.0%
(based on theoretical seeds)
Theoretical meal from seeds 2.7 40.6 15.1 8.7 27.7 20.8 11.0
Theoretical meal from kernels 2.0 51.4 5.7 9.9 11.1 6.9 0.6 88.7
Theoretical Meal from kernels corrected 2.0 48.4 6.1 10.6 11.9 7.4 0.7 89.0

Source: (Dauguet, et al., 2013). Correction of kernel oil content corresponds to the adjustment necessary to harmonize with other composition values. Correction of protein content corresponds to an adjustment to match the average protein content of rapeseed meals.

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