{"topic_id":"ingredient_soybean_meal","category":"ingredient-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: ingredient_soybean_meal\ncategory: ingredient-nutrition\ntitle: \"Soybean meal — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO), 'Soybean meal | Feedipedia' (/node/674)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_soybean_meal.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 18\n  passed: 18\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Soybean meal — proximate composition (Feedipedia)\n\nSource: Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open ingredient database), page \"Soybean meal | Feedipedia\" (/node/674). First-hand web text extracted (tags stripped) to `pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_soybean_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 88 0.8 86.3 95.9 1259 |\n| Crude protein % DM 55.2 1.6 48.9 58.5 1372 |\n| Crude fibre % DM 4.4 0.6 1.6 5.7 382 |\n| Neutral detergent fibre % DM 10.5 1.7 6.2 12.1 19 * |\n| Acid detergent fibre % DM 5.7 1.2 3.6 8.1 11 * |\n| Ether extract % DM 1.7 0.6 0.4 3.8 1130 |\n| Ash % DM 7.3 0.5 6.1 9.2 315 |\n| Starch (polarimetry) % DM 6.3 1.5 3.4 9.9 40 |\n| Starch (enzymatic) % DM 1.1 0.4 2.1 3 |\n| Total sugars % DM 10.8 1 8.6 12.4 29 |\n| Gross energy MJ/kg DM 19.7 0.3 19.2 20.8 20 * |\n| Lysine g/16g N 6.2 0.3 5.2 7 164 * |\n| Methionine g/16g N 1.4 0.1 1 1.6 115 * |\n| Methionine+cystine g/16g N 3 0.2 1.8 3.1 93 * |\n| Calcium g/kg DM 3.9 0.7 2 6 359 * |\n| Phosphorus g/kg DM 7.1 0.6 5.7 8.9 362 * |\n| Dry matter degradability (effective, k=6%) % 67 1 * |\n| Dry matter degradability (effective, k=4%) % 73 1 * |\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_soybean_meal.txt` (Feedipedia /node/674, 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."}