Advanced Dietary Fibre Technology presents the state-of-the-art and explains how the background science translates into commercial reality. An international team of experts has been assembled to offer both a global perspective and the nuts and bolts information relevant to those working in the commercial world.

Coverage includes:

• specific dietary fibre components (with overviews of chemistry, analysis and regulatory aspects of all key dietary fibres)
• measurement of dietary fibre and dietary fibre components (in-vitro and in-vivo)
• general aspects (eg chemical and physical nature
• rheology and functionality
• nutrition and health
• and technological and current hot topics

Advanced Dietary Fibre Technology is an up-to-date and comprehensive review of dietary fibre technology.

Contents

1. Nutrition and Diet for a Healthy Lifestyle
   1. Nutrition and diet for heatlhy lifestyles in Europe
   2. Dietary advice in North America: The good, the bad and the unheeded

2. Chemistry, Structure and Rheology
   3. Light microscopic investigations on dietary fibre
   4. Assembly and rheology of non-starch polysaccharides
   5. The structures and architectures of plant cell walls define dietary fibre composition and the textures of foods

3. Measurement of Dietary Fibre and Dietary Fibre Components
   6. What is dietary fibre? - A new look at the definition
   7. Development of dietary fibre methodology
   8. Measurement of dietary fibre componenets: The importance of enzyme purity, activity and specificity
   9. In vivo and In vitro methods for resistant starch measurement

4. Regulatory Issues
   10. Analytical issues regarding the regulatory aspects of dietary fiber nutrition labeling
   11. Regulatory issues relating to dietary fibre in the European context

5. Health Benefits of Dietary Fibre
   12. Dietary fibre in health and disease
   13. Dietary fibre, carbohydrate metabolism and chronic disease
   14. Dietary fibre and gastrointestinal function
   15. Dietary fibres and dietary lipids
   16. Food polysaccharides, glucose absorption and insulin sensitivity
   17. Fermentation of oligosaccharides and influences of fermentation products
   18. Cholesterol lowering properties of cereal fibres and fractions
   19. Effects of psyllium on cholesterol levels
   20. Non-digestible carbohydrates and gut function - Implications for carcinogenesis
   21. Cereal fibre and heart disease

6. Technological Aspects
   22. Developing fibre rich foods in the 21st century
   23. Technological aspects of dietary fibre
   24. Oatrim and nutrim X: Technological development and nutritional properties
   25. Effects of processing on the properties of dietary fibre
   26. Fibres and fibre blends for individual needs - A physiological and technological approach

7. Cereal Cell-Wall Polysaccharides
   27. Cereal arabinoxylan: Occurence, structure and properties
   28. Cereal β-Glucans: Structure, properties and health claims

8. Legume-Seed Polysaccharides
   29. Novel galactomannans and galacto-manno-oligosaccharides from Guar
   30. Physiological and technological functions of partially hydrolysed Guar gum (modified galactomannans)
   31. Dietary fibres of lupins and other grain legumes

9. Pectins
   32. Pectins, their origin, structure and functions
   33. Chemistry and enzymology of pectins

10. Resistant Starch
    34. Resistant starch: Plant breeding, applications development and commercial use
    35. In Vivo and In Vitro digestion of resistant starch
    36. Resistant starch, health aspects and food uses
    37. Structural features of resistant starch

11. Other Polysaccharides
    38. Nutritional benefits of larch arabinogalactan

12. Oligosaccharides
    39. Non-digestible oligosaccharides and polysaccharides: Their physiological effects and health implications
    40. Development and beneficial effects of fructooligosaccharides (neosugar);
    41. Fructo-oligosaccharides and other fructans: Chemistry, structure and nutritional effects
    42. Galacto-oligosaccharides: Properties and health aspects
    43. Polydextrose: Analysis and physiological benefits
    44. Fibersol-2: A soluble, non digestible, starch-derived dietary fibre

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