Ingredient Weight (g)
Wheat germ 52
Soy protein 23.5
Sucrose 21
Torula yeast 16.8
Rice (preparation) 8.4
Cannellini beans 8.4
Vanderzant Vitamins 3.4
Wesson salts 3.4
L-ascorbic acid 3.4
Cholesterol 1.7
Agar 16.6
Methyl paraben* 1.6 (or 0.1, 0.5, 1.0)
Potassium sorbate* 1.6 (or 0.1, 0.5, 1.0)
Sodium propionate* 1.6 (or 0.1, 0.5, 1.0)
Water 837.0
Note: values in ( ) represent amounts of antifungal agents in diets listed as “1000 ppm, 5000 ppm, or 10,000 ppm,” respectively for 0.1, 0.5, or 1.0).
Table 1: The ingredients of YC diet. Dry mixture was triturated in a roller mill. and agar/antifungal agents solution were made separately and blended with a variable speed hand mixer.