The present technology disclosed herein relates to animal feed compositions suitable for feeding monogastric animals comprising a high amount of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) with improved nutrition quality, in particular DDGS with a reduced fiber content for a better availability and digestibility of the amino acids in the DDGS. Furthermore, animal feed compositions according to the present disclosure shows an excellent metabolizable energy (TME) value and energy associated with the carbohydrates, and are in particular useful for feeding poultry, in particular broilers directly after birth.