Table 9. Size and proximate composition of commercial feeds used to grow Atlantic salmon from fry to market size
Diameter, mm	Body weight (g)	Crude protein, %	Crude fibre, %	Nitrogen free extract, %	Ash, %	Fibre, %	Phosphorus, %	DE, KJ/g1	DP/DE (g DP/MJ DE)2
0.3	<0.3	50�55	18	5�8	<12	<1	1.5�1.7	18�19	23.6�24.6
0.5	0.3�0.8	50	18	5�8	<12	<1	1.4�1.6	18�19	22.4�23.6
0.8	0.8�1.5	50	20	8�12	<10	<1	1.4�1.6	19�20	21.3�22.4
1�1.2	1.5�5	50	20	8�12	<10	<1	1.4�1.6	19�20	21.3�22.4
1.5�1.8	5.0-�10.0	50	20	8�12	<10	<1	1.4�1.6	19�20	21.3�22.4
2	10.0�30.0	45�50	22	8�12	<10	<1.5	1.4�1.6	19�20	20.1�21.3
3	30.0�100.0 �	48�50	24�26	12�15	<11	<1.5	1.1�1.4	19�20	21.3�21.5
4	100�250 �	46�48	26�28	12�15	<11	<2	1.1�1.4	19�20	20.4�20.6
5	250� 500 �	44�46	28	12�16	<9	<2	1.1�1.4	20�21	18.6�18.7
6	500�1 000	44�46	28	13�17	<9	<2	1.1�1.4	20�21	18.6�18.7
7�7.5	1 000�2 000	42	30�32	13�17	<9	<2	1.1�1.4	21�22	16.2�17.5
9	000�3 000	40	32	13�17	<9	<2	1.1�1.4	21�22	16.0�17.0
11	>3 000	40	32	13�17	<9	<2	1.1�1.4	21�22	16.0�17.0
Source: Lall (2009, Unpublished data)
1Digestible energy, Kilojoule per gram�
2g Digestible protein Megajoule per digestible energy