scholarly journals Critical Factors in Determining Fiber Content of Feeds and Foods and Their Ingredients

2019 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C Fahey ◽  
Lawrence Novotny ◽  
Brian Layton ◽  
David R Mertens

Abstract Background: Because of its chemical complexity, the estimation of dietary fiber content of feed and food materials is a difficult analytical challenge. Three major fiber analyses are conducted routinely in the United States including crude fiber (CF), detergent fiber, and total dietary fiber (TDF). Objective: Factors crucial to the successful measurement of dietary fibers are described and suggestions provided as to how to overcome potential analytical problems within assays. Methods: An accounting of methodological details that result in variation in fiber concentration values is presented along with suggestions as to how to decrease the variation. Results: CF analysis remains in use in the livestock feed and pet food industries for nutrition labeling purposes in spite of the fact that the analysis does not separate mammalian enzyme-digestible from indigestible carbohydrate components, and values obtained are usually 30–50% of the actual dietary fiber concentration. Detergent fiber methods quantify the insoluble dietary fibers (IDF) accurately, but not the soluble dietary fiber (SDF) components. TDF methods account for intrinsic and intact fibers, isolated and extracted fibers, and synthetic fibers found in feed and food ingredients and complete diet matrixes. Conclusions: The CF procedure should be abandoned as it fails to quantify fiber properly. Detergent analyses quantify IDF. TDF methods quantify both IDF and SDF. Highlights: Accurate dietary fiber quantification is essential given the role of fiber in health and well-being of animals and humans.

2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 992-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A Marlett

Abstract Changes in pectin composition and solubility are part of the softening process in apples during ripening and postharvest storage. Lignification may also occur with long-term storage. In the United States, apples and onions are harvested once yearly and then stored and marketed for the next 12 months. The changes that occur in the dietary fiber content and composition in Red Delicious apples and yellow Spanish onions during storage were studied, and the loss of fiber in peeled apples was determined. Dietary fiber was extracted by the enzymatic–chemical method of Theander and Westerlund. Storage had no effect on total or insoluble fiber content of apples; Klason lignin concentration was greater in samples stored for 12 months than in those stored for 0, 4, or 8 months. Peeling reduced apple fiber concentration about 25% by decreasing neutral and acidic sugars and Klason lignin in the insoluble fraction. The total fiber content of onions increased with storage, primarily by increasing the insoluble fiber content of uronic acids. The results suggest that the standardized, environmentally controlled storage of apples, as used in Washington State, has little effect on dietary fiber content. In contrast, the less rigorously controlled storage conditions for yellow Spanish onions increases the insoluble fiber fraction and uronic acid content.


2003 ◽  
Vol 39 (s1) ◽  
pp. 20-20
Author(s):  
O. J. Haleakala ◽  
S. M. Mccutcheon ◽  
B. Stuercke ◽  
K. J. Mcdermid

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Stefani Limanto ◽  
Elisa Julianti ◽  
Zulkifli Lubis

Purple sweet potato is one type of tuber that is rich in carbohydrates in the form of starch and fiber. It also contains purple anthocyanin pigments. In this research, purple sweet potato was processed into flour and starch. Starch processing solid waste can be utilized by processing it into fiber flour. Purple sweet potato flour and fiber were then used as the basis for making biscuits at a ratio of 75: 25 and compared to biscuits made from 100% purple sweet potato flour and wheat flour. The resulting biscuits were then analyzed for their chemical characteristics. The results showed that the ratio of flour gave a very significantly different effect on the value of water content, total dietary fiber content, insoluble dietary fiber content and % nutritional adequacy rate of food fiber, and had no significant effect on the value of ash content, protein content, fat content, content carbohydrates, total flavonoids, insoluble dietary fiber content, calorie intake and fulfillment of daily energy adequacy.


2021 ◽  

This method determines total dietary fiber (TDF) in foods and food ingredients, as defined by Codex Alimentarius. The method measures soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, including resistant starch, as well as nondigestible oligosaccharides. In this method, enzymatic digestion is used to simulate human intestinal digestion. Insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) and soluble dietary fiber that precipitates in 78% ethanol (SDFP) are separated by filtration and quantified gravimetrically. Additionally, highly soluble oligosaccharides (SDFS) are quantified by chromatographic separation. TDF is reported as the sum of the gravimetric and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) results. The digestion and chromatographic conditions of this method have been modified from those of AACC Approved Methods 32-45.01 and 32-50.01 in an attempt to better simulate human digestion and to allow for more exact quantitation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1544-1544
Author(s):  
Breann Abernathy ◽  
Tonya Schoenfuss ◽  
Allison Bailey ◽  
Daniel Gallaher

Abstract Objectives Prebiotic dietary fibers are dietary fibers that] are highly fermented in the large intestine, produce beneficial changes in the gut microbiome, and impart a health benefit to the host. Using reactive extrusion, we have synthesized a novel dietary fiber that is an oligosaccharide of polymerized lactose, which we term polylactose. Here we report on two studies feeding polylactose to rats to determine its prebiotic potential. Methods In Exp. 1, the polylactose preparation contained 51% dietary fiber, 20% free lactose, 5% glucose, and 24% other materials. Rats were fed high fat diets containing 9% total dietary fiber, including cellulose (control, CE, 9%), polylactose (PL, 6%), polydextrose (PD, 6%), and fructooligosaccharide (FOS, 6%). In Exp. 2, the polylactose preparation contained 75% dietary fiber, 9% lactose, 3% glucose, and 13% other materials. Rats were again fed high fat diets containing 9% total dietary fiber, including CE (9%), polylactose (6% or 3%), PD (6%), and galactooligosaccharide (GOS, 6%). In both experiments, rats were fed for 10 weeks, then cecums (empty), cecal contents, livers, and epididymal fat pads were collected. In addition, body composition was determined by MRI. Results In both experiments, final body weight and daily energy intake did not differ among the groups. In Exp. 1, feeding PL greatly increased cecum weight (an indicator of fermentation), cecal Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus species abundance, increased cecal acetate and propionate, and reduced liver lipids and fat pad weight, compared to the CE group. While PD and FOS increased probiotic species and short chain fatty acids slightly (compared to CE), this was not to the same extent as PL and did not reduce fatty liver and adiposity. In Exp. 2, 6% PL increased cecum weight relative to 3% PF, PD and GOS, all of which were greater than CE. The cecal microbiome was similar among PL (both 3 and 6%), PD, and GOS, all of which differed from CE and were similar to PD and FOS from Exp. 1. Liver lipids, fat pad weight, and body composition did not differ among any of the groups. Conclusions The prebiotic activity of polylactose differed depending on the preparation, for unknown reasons. However, our results suggest there is a threshold of probiotic bacteria abundance that must be attained before beneficial effects are imparted on the host by prebiotics. Funding Sources Midwest Dairy Association.


Author(s):  
Vinita Vinita ◽  
Darshan Punia

The present investigation was conducted to evaluate the nutrient composition of four varieties of date fruit. The results of the study indicated that the variety Shamran had highest protein (2.77%) content and the variety Medjool the lowest (1.88%). Fat and crude fibre contents of date fruit varieties ranged from 0.17 to 0.50% and 1.71 to 2.22%, respectively. The variety Medjool had lowest amount of total soluble sugars (67.49g/100g) and reducing sugar (61.31g/100g). All the varieties of date fruit differed non-significantly among themselves for their non- reducing sugar content. The variety Khadrawi had the highest amount of starch content. Total dietary fiber (11.70g/100g) and soluble dietary fiber (3.34g/100g) were highest in variety Hillawi. All the four varieties of date fruit differed significantly from each other for their total dietary fiber content and soluble dietary fiber content. The varieties Khadrawi (8.46%), Hillawi (8.35%) and Shamran (7.94%) had significantly (p£ 0.05) higher insoluble dietary fiber as compared to variety Medjool (4.25%). The variety Shamran had highest amount of calcium (195.33mg/100g) and zinc (1.81mg/100g). The variety Medjool contained lowest amount of calcium (70.33mg/100g), iron (1.91mg/100g) and potassium (713mg/100g) while the highest amount of phosphorus (52.66mg/100g). A non-significant (p£0.05) difference was observed in magnesium content of all the varieties. Polyphenol content of date fruits from different varieties ranged from 228.79 to 253.21 mg/100g.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 315-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Freeman

Transparency for consumers through nutrition labeling should be the last, not the first, step in a transformative food policy that would reduce dramatic health disparities and raise the United States to the health standards of other nations with similar resources. Nonetheless, transparency in the food system is a key focal point of efforts to improve health by providing consumers with necessary information to make good nutritional choices, as well as to achieve sustainable food chains and ensure food safety and quality. In fact, nutrition labeling on packaging and in restaurants is the centerpiece of policy designed to decrease obesity, a condition many health advocates consider to be the most urgent public health crisis of the twenty-first century. The resulting increased transparency about food ingredients has led to some changes in industry practices and allowed many middle- and upper-income consumers to make informed choices about the products they purchase and consume. Unfortunately, however, research reveals that increased nutritional information does not improve health.


2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Maria de Mello Andrade ◽  
Erna Vogt de Jong ◽  
Amélia Teresinha Henriques

In this work we evaluated the variability in fiber content and physical and chemical parameters of byproducts from orange juice extraction. Five different treatments and two drying methods were evaluated. The results indicate that drying by lyophilization was better than that drying in an oven. The pH ranged from approximately 3.47 to 3.96. The variation in moisture values was 9.22% ± 0.02 to 18.48 ± 0.52%. The total dietary fiber content in the resulting flours ranged from 42.44% to 62.74%. The soluble and insoluble dietary fiber contents differed among the samples, ranging from 5.04% to 19.95% for the first fiber type, and 23.96% to 57.70% for the second. In conclusion, three treatments, associated with freeze-drying, showed promising results in the development of fiber-rich product. However, some modifications are needed, as well as further analysis, to guarantee the benefits of these products for human health. This study contributes to the possible application of industrial byproducts.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (19) ◽  
pp. 5908
Author(s):  
Ivana Lončarević ◽  
Biljana Pajin ◽  
Jovana Petrović ◽  
Ivana Nikolić ◽  
Nikola Maravić ◽  
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Resistant starch (RS) is a part of insoluble dietary fiber, and it could be recognized as a functional food ingredient in some types of confectionery products that lack dietary fiber. Unlike dark and milk chocolate, white chocolate does not contain fat-free cocoa solids rich in dietary fiber. In the present study, 5%, 10%, and 15% of white chocolate were substituted with RS in order to improve the nutritional value of enriched white chocolate. The influence of RS on rheological, textural, and thermal properties of the chocolate fat phase was firstly investigated, and then further influence on physical properties, dietary fiber content, and sensory characteristics of enriched white chocolates were investigated. The obtained results showed that enriched chocolates had increased content of total dietary fiber and reduced total fats and protein content in accordance with the added amount of RS. At the same time, RS increased viscosity and reduced the hardness and volume mean diameter in enriched chocolates in accordance with the added amount. RS improved the nutritional composition of white chocolate by increasing the content of dietary fiber. At the same time, RS did not impair the color and sensory characteristics of enriched white chocolates.


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