{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/453",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Method of calculating the energy value of compound feeds",
  "text": "The energy value of compound poultry, ruminant and pig feeds and feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes for cats and dogs shall be calculated in accordance with the relevant formulae set out below, on the basis of the percentages of certain analytical components of the feed. After application of these formulae, the results shall be given to one decimal place.\nPoultry feeds: megajoules (MJ) of metabolisable energy (ME), nitrogen corrected, per kilogram of compound feed.\nMJ of ME/kg of feed = 0.1551 × % protein + 0.3431 × % oil + 0.1669 × % starch + 0.1301 × % total sugar (expressed as sucrose).\nRuminant feeds: megajoules (MJ) of metabolisable energy (ME) per kilogram of dry matter in the compound feed.\nMJ of ME/kg of dry matter = 0.14 × % Neutral detergent Cellulase plus Gamanase Digestibility + 0.25 × % oil.\nPig feeds: megajoules (MJ) of digestible energy (DE) per kilogram of dry matter in the compound feed.\nMJ of DE/kg of dry matter = 17.47 + 0.079 × % protein + 0.158 × % oil – 0.331 × % ash – 0.140 Neutral Detergent plus Amylase Fibre.\nFeeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes for cats and dogs: megajoules (MJ) of metabolisable energy (ME) per kilogram of compound dog or cat food.\n(a) cat and dog foods with the exception of cat foods having a moisture content exceeding 14%: MJ of ME/kg of food = 0.1464 × protein + 0.3556 × % oils and fats + 0.1464 × % nitrogen – free extract;\n(b) cat foods having a moisture content exceeding 14%: MJ of ME/kg of cat food = (0.1632 × % protein + 0.3222 × % oils and fats − + 0.1255 × % nitrogen – free extract) – 0.2092;\nwhere in either case the percentage of nitrogen – free extract is calculated by subtracting from 100 the total of the percentages of moisture, ash, protein, oils and fats and fibre.\nWhere the results of analysis are to be given on a dry matter basis, this may be achieved by analysing either the dried material, or fresh material and correcting for the moisture content.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2001/334",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/453/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:34.715434+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}