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Digestible energy

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001856

Energy in food or feed that is available to humans or animals by digestion, and measured as the difference between gross energy content and the energy lost in feces.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001856
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectHuman Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
Synonymsenergy digestibility
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoNutritive value; Energy content; Digestibility
TranslationsSpanish: energía digestible
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001856",
  "term": "Digestible energy",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Energy in food or feed that is available to humans or animals by digestion, and measured as the difference between gross energy content and the energy lost in feces.",
  "synonyms": [
    "energy digestibility"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "nutritive value",
    "energy content",
    "digestibility"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "energía digestible"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/digestible-energy/"
}

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