Dietary fibre is of interest to both science and industry, and yet despite growing awareness of its benefits to health and nutrition, intakes remain below the recommended level. Industry has responded by developing new applications, products and processes to help consumers increase their fibre intak...

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Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Wageningen Wageningen Academic Pub. 2007
Schlagworte:	Fiber in human nutrition / fast / (OCoLC)fst00923573 Food / Fiber content / fast / (OCoLC)fst00930514 Fiber in human nutrition Food > Fiber content Ballaststoff Konferenzschrift Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	Dietary fibre is of interest to both science and industry, and yet despite growing awareness of its benefits to health and nutrition, intakes remain below the recommended level. Industry has responded by developing new applications, products and processes to help consumers increase their fibre intake in a convenient way. While regulations on health claims are being developed for example in the EU, some countries have allowed the use of health claims to help promote consumer awareness of the benefits of a higher fibre intake, and to inform consumers of good sources of fibre. At the same time science is developing the concept of dietary fibre. The mechanisms and actual components behind the physiological effects are of particular interest, and so are the analytical tools to measure these. The fate of dietary fibre in the gut, where certain fibre components are fermented and converted by microbes gains a great de
Beschreibung:	"This book is based on selected papers presented at the 'Dietary Fibre 2006--Multifunctional Complex of Components' conference."--Preface. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (345 Seiten) Illustrationen (some color)
ISBN:	9789086866229 9086866220
DOI:	10.3920/978-90-8686-622-9