Water holding capacity of selected soluble and insoluble dietary fibre

An examination of factors which may affect the water holding capacity of dietary fibre.

1. Dietary fibre has a water holding capacity (WHC) and this is a function of the fibre source and method of measurement. Water can be associated with fibre either as trapped water or bound water. This makes it difficult to predict the ability of fibre to influence stool weight in humans. 2. Examination of various fibre concentrates for chemical composition, as neutral detergent fibre (NDF), ac...

Total, insoluble and soluble dietary fibre intake in relation to blood pressure: the INTERMAP Study - CORRIGENDUM.

Diferulates as structural components in soluble and insoluble cereal dietary fibre

Diferulates as structural components in soluble and insoluble cereal dietary fibre Mirko Bunzel, John Ralph, Jane M Marita, Ronald D Hatfield and Hans Steinhart Institute of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Department of Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany US Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 53706, USA De...

Chemical Characterization and Water Holding Capacity of Fibre-rich Feedstuffs Used for Pigs in Vietnam

During two years, four samples per year were collected in Vietnam from rice bran, cassava residue, brewer's grain, tofu residue, soybean meal, coconut cake, sweet potato vines and water spinach for chemical analysis and assessment of water holding capacity (WHC). The selected feedstuffs represent fibre-rich plant sources and agro-industry co-products commonly used in pig feeding in Vietnam. The...

Water-holding by dietary fibre in vitro and its relationship to faecal output in man.

The in vitro water-holding properties of 17 dietary fibre preparations, mainly food materials, bulk laxatives, and gel-forming polysaccharides, have been measured. Water uptake was measured by a centrifugation technique and also by a new method using sacs of dialysis tubing containing the material, immersed in simulated gut contents. The centrifugation technique could not be applied to gel-form...