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Re: New online Dry matter basis calculator
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 01:05:45 PM »

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Dry Matter Basis (DMB or DM) removes the water from the equation. When foods are considered on a dry matter basis, they can be directly compared to one another. In other words, a canned food with 78% water can now be compared to a dry food that contains 11% water using the following equation:

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Re: New online Dry matter basis calculator
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 01:39:30 PM »
um...that is the link I provided, mol!!! funny2
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Re: New online Dry matter basis calculator
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2011, 02:00:42 PM »
um...that is the link I provided, mol!!! funny2

I know...was just adding a little info for people to read, before going to the website.  :)
My post did look kind of stupid..edited out the link. 
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