[Energetic utilization of Palatinit].

The retention of protein, fat and energy of Palatinit was measured in a trial with carcass analyses and compared with that of sucrose. Therefore 39 male rats weighing about 200 g were divided in three groups. In order to get basic values, 4 animals of each group were slaughtered. The other 3 X 9 animals were fed 56 days in one group the basal diet, in two other groups the same diet plus sucrose and Palatinit, respectively. The retention of dry matter, protein, fat and energy was calculated with carcass analyses. The results show that the supplement of Palatinit gave higher values of retention compared with the basal diet, but there was no change in the body composition. Compared with this, the supplement of sucrose brought not only higher values of retention, but also a changed carcass composition compared with the basal diet and the supplement of Palatinit, too; thereby the fat content was significantly higher, and the protein content was lower. The retention of energy was reduced by 33% with the supplement of Palatinit, compared with the isocaloric supplement of sucrose.