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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  5. metabolizable energy
  1. Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  5. metabolizable energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. forage and feed science
  3. forage
  4. forage quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. forage and feed science
  3. forage
  4. forage quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value
  6. metabolizable energy

Preferred term

metabolizable energy

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information The net energy in food or feed that is available to humans or animals by digestion and absorption, and measured as the difference between gross energy content and the energy lost as being undigested or indigestible.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • caloric value (physiological)
  • energy value (physiological)
  • metabolisable energy
  • starch equivalent

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17239

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