Items Sodium metabisulfite load, g/kg biomass SEM p-value

0 2 4 6 8
0-d DM, % 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.5 14.5 0.13 0.97
Crude protein 6.44a 6.52a 6.39a 6.41a 7.10b 0.11 0.04
NDF 14.8 14.3 13.7 13.8 14.2 0.23 0.59
Ether extract 2.37 2.50 2.30 2.18 2,43 0.08 0.65
Ash 4.50 a
4.85 a
5.55 ab
6.03 b
7.61c 0.24 < 0.01
NFC 71.9a 71.5a 72.1a 71.6a 68.7b 0.32 0.01
After DM, % 13.9b 15.9a 15.9a 15.1a 15.8a 0.19 0.01
3d Crude protein 7.23 6.94 6.56 6.56 7.11 0.29 0.49
NDF 16.1 15.1 14.0 13.5 13.9 0.46 0.55
Ether extract 2.48 2.33 2.35 2.05 2.19 0.10 0.49
Ash 5.86 a
5.38 a
5.53 a
6.72 b
7.94 c
0.27 < 0.01
NFC 68.3 70.6 71.6 71.2 68.9 0.71 0.36
After DM, % 9.83 c
14.9 b
15.9 a
15.5 ab
16.1 a
0.39 < 0.01
6d Crude protein 10.7 a
7.46 b
6.67 b
6.91 b
7.17 b
0.41 < 0.01
NDF 23.7 a
17.0 b
12.8 c
13.5 c
14.3 c
1.10 < 0.01
Ether extract 3.18 a
2.40 b
2.24 b
1.96 b
2.25 bc
0.17 < 0.01
Ash 7.67 c
6.22 ab
6.43 a
7.01 ab
8.01 c
0.21 < 0.01
NFC 54.8 c
66.9 b
71.9 a
70.6 a
69.1 a
1.67 < 0.01
After DM, % 11.3 c
13.8 b
16.4 a
16.6 a
16.4 a
0.43 < 0.01
9d Crude protein 10.4 a
9.24 b
6.25 c
6.71 c
6.63 c
0.51 < 0.01
NDF 23.6 a
18.6 b
13.9 c
14.3 c
13.0 c
1.17 < 0.01
Ether extract 3.75 a
3.07 a
2.13 b
2.61 b
2.31 b
0.23 0.02
Ash 8.67 b
6.02 a
6.66 a
7.15 a
8.09 b
0.24 < 0.01
NFC 53.6 c
63.1 b
71.1 a
69.2 a
70.0 a
1.99 0.01
After DM, % 11.1 b
11.3 b
17.1 a
16.8 a
17.6 a
0.59 < 0.01
12 d Crude protein 10.9 a
10.1 a
6.81 b
7.56 b
7.07 b
0.61 < 0.01
NDF 24.7 a
25.7 a
12.5 b
12.9 b
13.4 b
1.61 < 0.01
Ether extract 4.65 a
4.71 a
3.83 a
1.99 c
2.35 c
0.36 0.02
Ash 9.60 a
9.22 a
6.96 b
7.10 b
7.82 b
0.38 < 0.01
NFC 50.2 b
50.3 b
69.9 a
70.5 a
69.4 a
2.66 < 0.01
Table Chemical composition of fruit and vegetable discards as a function of sodium
metabisulfite load and time (Exp. 1).
Values are based on % of DM, unless stated.
DM = dry matter; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; NFC = non-fibrous carbohydrates;
SEM = standard error of mean.
Means with different superscripts within the same row differ, based on Tukey's test
a–c

(p < 0.05).