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The nutritive value of dried spent hops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. L. Davies  and
R. S. Sullivan
W. L. Davies
Affiliation:
(Of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Reading.)
R. S. Sullivan
Affiliation:
(Of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Reading.)
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Extract

Dried spent hops possess a high absorptive capacity, and attention is drawn to its use as a “filler” to absorb such by-products as molasses and treacle.

The material possesses a high crude protein value and its ether extract is very high for a fibrous food, while the amount of crude fibre is the same as in good meadow hay. There is a high percentage of mineral matter present.

The digestibility of the material has been determined by feeding with hay chaff and linseed cake meal to three sheep. The spent hops were not readily eaten and could only be included in a ration in an amount equal to one-seventh of the dry weight of the total ration.

Its digestibility is low, a fifth of the crude protein and the nitrogenfree extractives, one-half of the ether extract, one-twentieth of the crude fibre and one-fifth of the total organic matter only being digestible. The production starch equivalent was 24.5.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1927 , pp. 380 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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