Soybean meal — proximate composition (Feedipedia)
Source: 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.
Proximate composition (Main analysis)
| Nutrient row (verbatim) |
|---|
| Dry matter % as fed 88 0.8 86.3 95.9 1259 |
| Crude protein % DM 55.2 1.6 48.9 58.5 1372 |
| Crude fibre % DM 4.4 0.6 1.6 5.7 382 |
| Neutral detergent fibre % DM 10.5 1.7 6.2 12.1 19 * |
| Acid detergent fibre % DM 5.7 1.2 3.6 8.1 11 * |
| Ether extract % DM 1.7 0.6 0.4 3.8 1130 |
| Ash % DM 7.3 0.5 6.1 9.2 315 |
| Starch (polarimetry) % DM 6.3 1.5 3.4 9.9 40 |
| Starch (enzymatic) % DM 1.1 0.4 2.1 3 |
| Total sugars % DM 10.8 1 8.6 12.4 29 |
| Gross energy MJ/kg DM 19.7 0.3 19.2 20.8 20 * |
| Lysine g/16g N 6.2 0.3 5.2 7 164 * |
| Methionine g/16g N 1.4 0.1 1 1.6 115 * |
| Methionine+cystine g/16g N 3 0.2 1.8 3.1 93 * |
| Calcium g/kg DM 3.9 0.7 2 6 359 * |
| Phosphorus g/kg DM 7.1 0.6 5.7 8.9 362 * |
| Dry matter degradability (effective, k=6%) % 67 1 * |
| Dry matter degradability (effective, k=4%) % 73 1 * |
Note: Feedipedia reports composition as Avg, SD, Min, Max, Nb (number of samples). Values are as published; interpretation is left to the API consumer.
Source: pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_soybean_meal.txt (Feedipedia /node/674, 2026-07-22).