NALT

Preferred term

metabolizable energy

Product

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.

nutritive value

energy content

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

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

23122

Spanish

energía metabolizable

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/30/12