Chemical analysis of linseed meal produced in Egypt

Representative samples of linseed meal were collected from the productive nineteen oil mills of Egypt. The averages of nutrients in the mentioned samples were 6.55 +/- 0.22, 93.45 +/- 0.22, 11.19 +/- 0.60, 26.97 +/- 0.59, 11.18 +/- 0.43, 36.10 +/- 0.60, 8.00 +/- 0.38, 0.39 +/- 0.03 and 0.89 +/- 0.04 for moisture, dry matter, ether extract, crude protein, crude fiber, nitrogen-free extract, ash, calcium and phosphorus respectively. The average of the calculated calorific value was 435.81 +/- 3.16 kcal per 100 gram of the meal.