{"topic_id":"ingredient_fish_meal","category":"ingredient-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: ingredient_fish_meal\ncategory: ingredient-nutrition\ntitle: \"Fish meal — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO), 'Fish meal | Feedipedia' (/node/208)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_fish_meal.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 16\n  passed: 16\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Fish meal — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\n\nSource: Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open ingredient database), page \"Fish meal | Feedipedia\" (/node/208). First-hand web text extracted (tags stripped) to `pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_fish_meal.txt`; composition values are verbatim from the page's proximate (\"Main analysis\") table. Units as published (% as fed / % DM / MJ/kg DM / g/kg DM). Avg/SD/Min/Max/Nb columns preserved.\n\n## Proximate composition (Main analysis)\n| Nutrient row (verbatim) |\n| --- |\n| Dry matter % as fed 92.2 1.4 83.1 97.8 795 |\n| Crude protein % DM 74.8 3.8 57.4 81 82 |\n| Crude fibre % DM 0 |\n| Neutral detergent fibre % DM 5.8 2.6 3.1 9 5 |\n| Acid detergent fibre % DM 0.3 0.3 0 0.6 6 |\n| Ether extract % DM 9.8 1.8 2.5 15.3 425 * |\n| Ash % DM 15.2 3.3 6 33.8 715 |\n| Starch (polarimetry) % DM 0 0 0 2 |\n| Starch (enzymatic) % DM 0 |\n| Total sugars % DM 0 |\n| Gross energy MJ/kg DM 21.3 1.3 18.3 23.3 17 * |\n| Lysine g/16g N 7.5 0.6 5.7 9.4 156 * |\n| Methionine g/16g N 2.8 0.3 1.6 3.7 125 * |\n| Methionine+cystine g/16g N 3.6 0.3 2.1 4.6 108 * |\n| Calcium g/kg DM 33.7 12.2 0.9 81.9 446 * |\n| Phosphorus g/kg DM 24.8 4.3 14.5 50.9 440 * |\n\nNote: Feedipedia reports composition as Avg, SD, Min, Max, Nb (number of samples). Values are as published; interpretation is left to the API consumer.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_fish_meal.txt` (Feedipedia /node/208, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":200,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}