Ingredient nutrition: Palm kernel meal, mechanical extraction
Source: 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).
Main analysis
Dry matter | % as fed | 91.2 | 1.4 | 87.2 | 95.0 | 1268 Crude protein | % DM | 16.7 | 0.9 | 13.5 | 19.4 | 1114 Crude fibre | % DM | 19.8 | 2.5 | 14.0 | 27.7 | 1097 NDF | % DM | 73.0 | 4.3 | 58.3 | 77.7 | 98 ADF | % DM | 44.8 | 3.3 | 34.2 | 51.0 | 91 Lignin | % DM | 13.4 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 112 Ether extract | % DM | 9.2 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 15.4 | 983 Ash | % DM | 4.7 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 632 Total sugars | % DM | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 12 Gross energy | MJ/kg DM | 20.1 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 23.8 | 30 Minerals | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb Calcium | g/kg DM | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 73 Phosphorus | g/kg DM | 6.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 77 Potassium | g/kg DM | 6.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 25 Sodium | g/kg DM | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 13 Magnesium | g/kg DM | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 25 Manganese | mg/kg DM | 181 | 81 | 24 | 313 | 13 Zinc | mg/kg DM | 68 | 105 | 3 | 413 | 13 Copper | mg/kg DM | 28 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 16 Iron | mg/kg DM | 589 | 208 | 356 | 755 | 3 Amino acids | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb Alanine | % protein | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 16 Arginine | % protein | 12.7 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 16.8 | 17 Aspartic acid | % protein | 7.7 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 16 Cystine | % protein | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 18 Glutamic acid | % protein | 18.6 | 1.5 | 15.7 | 21.3 | 16 Glycine | % protein | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 17 Histidine | % protein | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 17 Isoleucine | % protein | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 17 Leucine | % protein | 6.2 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 17 Lysine | % protein | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 19 Methionine | % protein | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 19 Phenylalanine | % protein | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 17 Proline | % protein | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 11 Serine | % protein | 4.3 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 16 Threonine | % protein | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 17 Tryptophan | % protein | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3 Tyrosine | % protein | 2.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 12 Valine | % protein | 5.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 17 Secondary metabolites | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb Ruminant nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb OM digestibility, ruminants | % | 71.6 | 7.9 | 62.2 | 78.6 | 5 Energy digestibility, ruminants | % | 71.2 | 7.3 | 62.6 | 78.3 | 5 DE ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 14.3 | 1.2 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 5 ME ruminants | MJ/kg DM | 11.6 | 1.1 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 5 Nitrogen digestibility, ruminants | % | 73.3 | 5.1 | 70.3 | 84.9 | 6 Nitrogen degradability (effective, k=6%) | % | 40 | 9 | 27 | 59 | 11 Pig nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb Energy digestibility, growing pig | % | 42.0 | 3.3 | 42.0 | 67.3 | 3 DE growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 8.4 | 2.0 | 8.4 | 14.1 | 4 MEn growing pig | MJ/kg DM | 7.8 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 13.5 | 3 Nitrogen digestibility, growing pig | % | 63.1 | 6.4 | 48.0 | 63.1 | 3 Poultry nutritive values | Unit | Avg | SD | Min | Max | Nb
Source text: pdf-raw/ingredient-nutrition/ingredient_palm_kernel_meal_20260727.txt (Feedipedia node/12420 first-hand Main-analysis rows, pulled 2026-07-27).