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Table 1 Composition of community-based diet and long-stay-based diet

From: Prebiotic supplementation in frail older people affects specific gut microbiota taxa but not global diversity

 

Community-based diet

Long-stay-based diet

g/kg

g/kg

Ingredients

 Sucrose

160

330

 Corn starch

62.7

101.5

 Maltodextrin

50

90

 High amylose corn starch

150

0

 RS3-resistant starcha

100

0

 Cellulose

43

5.2

 Soluble corn fiberb

36

1.5

l-cystine

3

3

 Casein

63

0

 Fish meal, menhaden

88.5

0

 Meat and bone meal (50%)

0

85

 Poultry meal, low ash (11%)

81

160

 Soybean oil

25

15

 Lard

60

96

 Coconut oil, hydrogenated

20

55

 Mineral Mix, AIN-93G-MX

40

40

 Vitamin Mix, AIN-93-VX

15

15

 Choline bitartrate

2.75

2.75

 Thiamin HCl

0.013

0.013

 Vitamin K1, phylloquinone

0.002

0.002

 TBHQ, antioxidant

0.014

0.014

Selected nutrient (% kcal)

 Protein

18.5

13.9

 Carbohydrate

50.7

47.1

 Fat

30.8

38.9

  1. RS3 resistance starch type 3, TBHQ tert-butylhydroquinone
  2. bPromitor soluble fiber (Tate & Lyle Lafayette, Indiana, USA)
  3. aNovelose 330 (Ingredion, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)