Chemical Composition and Nutritive Benefits of Chicory (Cichorium intybus) as an Ideal Complementary and/or Alternative Livestock Feed Supplement

Table 4

Herbage quality of chicory and pasture [29].

	DM (%)	Protein (% DM)	Soluble sugars + starch (% DM)	Fibre (% DM)	Digestibility (% DM)	ME (MJ/kg DM)
Chicory	7–15	16–27	10–22	20–30	72–83	11.5–13.0
Ryegrass	10–30	12–28	8–21	40–55	65–85	9.5–12.5

DM = dry matter; ME = metabolisable energy. Quality may be outside these ranges depending on pasture/crop management. to autumn.