metabolizable energy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004035",
  "term": "metabolizable energy",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "caloric value (physiological)",
    "energy value (physiological)",
    "metabolisable energy",
    "starch equivalent"
  ],
  "subject": "Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality",
  "see_also": [
    "nutritive value",
    "energy content"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "energía metabolizable"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/metabolizable-energy/"
}