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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)
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