{"topic_id":"ingredient_palm_kernel_meal","category":"ingredient-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: ingredient_palm_kernel_meal\ncategory: ingredient-nutrition\ntitle: \"Ingredient nutrition — Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction (Feedipedia first-hand datasheet)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feedipedia (feedipedia.org) first-hand ingredient datasheet, node/12420, pulled 2026-07-27\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/ingredient-nutrition/ingredient_palm_kernel_meal_20260727.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-27\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 53\n  passed: 53\n  date: 2026-07-27\nsource_document: \"Feedipedia ingredient datasheet — node/12420\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Feedipedia\"\n  title: \"Ingredient nutrition — Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction\"\n  url: \"https://www.feedipedia.org/node/12420\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-27\"\n  ref: \"Feedipedia node/12420\"\n  doc_type: \"official datasheet\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Ingredient nutrition: Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction\n\nSource: Feedipedia (feedipedia.org) first-hand ingredient datasheet, node/12420, pulled 2026-07-27. Values are the **Main analysis** table (mean across samples). Columns: `Nutrient | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb (sample count)`.\n\n## Main analysis\nDry matter | % as fed | 91.2 | 1.4 | 87.2 | 95.0 | 1268\nCrude protein | % DM | 16.7 | 0.9 | 13.5 | 19.4 | 1114\nCrude fibre | % DM | 19.8 | 2.5 | 14.0 | 27.7 | 1097\nNDF | % DM | 73.0 | 4.3 | 58.3 | 77.7 | 98\nADF | % DM | 44.8 | 3.3 | 34.2 | 51.0 | 91\nLignin | % DM | 13.4 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 112\nEther extract | % DM | 9.2 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 15.4 | 983\nAsh | % DM | 4.7 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 632\nTotal sugars | % DM | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 12\nGross energy | MJ/kg DM | 20.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 23.8 | 30\nMinerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\nCalcium | g/kg DM | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 73\nPhosphorus | g/kg DM | 6.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 77\nPotassium | g/kg DM | 6.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 25\nSodium | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 13\nMagnesium | g/kg DM | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 25\nManganese | mg/kg DM | 181 | 81 | 24 | 313 | 13\nZinc | mg/kg DM | 68 | 105 | 3 | 413 | 13\nCopper | mg/kg DM | 28 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 16\nIron | mg/kg DM | 589 | 208 | 356 | 755 | 3\nAmino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\nAlanine | % protein | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 16\nArginine | % protein | 12.7 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 16.8 | 17\nAspartic acid | % protein | 7.7 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 16\nCystine | % protein | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 18\nGlutamic acid | % protein | 18.6 | 1.5 | 15.7 | 21.3 | 16\nGlycine | % protein | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 17\nHistidine | % protein | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 17\nIsoleucine | % protein | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 17\nLeucine | % protein | 6.2 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 17\nLysine | % protein | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 19\nMethionine | % protein | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 19\nPhenylalanine | % protein | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 17\nProline | % protein | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 11\nSerine | % protein | 4.3 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 16\nThreonine | % protein | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 17\nTryptophan | % protein | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3\nTyrosine | % protein | 2.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 12\nValine | % protein | 5.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 17\nSecondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\nRuminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\nOM digestibility, ruminants | % | 71.6 | 7.9 | 62.2 | 78.6 | 5\nEnergy digestibility, ruminants | % | 71.2 | 7.3 | 62.6 | 78.3 | 5\nDE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 14.3 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 5\nME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 11.6 | 1.1 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 5\nNitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 73.3 | 5.1 | 70.3 | 84.9 | 6\nNitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 40 | 9 | 27 | 59 | 11\nPig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\nEnergy digestibility, growing pig | % | 42.0 | 3.3 | 42.0 | 67.3 | 3\nDE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 8.4 | 2.0 | 8.4 | 14.1 | 4\nMEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 7.8 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 13.5 | 3\nNitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 63.1 | 6.4 | 48.0 | 63.1 | 3\nPoultry nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/ingredient-nutrition/ingredient_palm_kernel_meal_20260727.txt` (Feedipedia node/12420 first-hand Main-analysis rows, pulled 2026-07-27).\n","sources":["Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open feed-ingredient database) — Ingredient nutrition — Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction (retrieved 2026-07-27)"],"source":{"authority":"Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open feed-ingredient database)","title":"Ingredient nutrition — Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction","url":"https://www.feedipedia.org/node/12420","retrieved":"2026-07-27","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Feedipedia ingredient datasheet — node/12420","verification_file":"pdf-raw/ingredient-nutrition/ingredient_palm_kernel_meal_20260727.txt"},"source_document":"Feedipedia ingredient datasheet — node/12420","source_file":"pdf-raw/ingredient-nutrition/ingredient_palm_kernel_meal_20260727.txt","tokens_estimated":1166,"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."}