Chia Seeds: All The Rage As An Ancient Grain And A Great Oil Too
Chia seeds seem to be all the rage in nutrient circles at the moment, appearing in a range of products, such as the Smooch™ range […]
Fibre
Psyllium Husk For Great Colonic Health
♦ Psyllium husk is a source of natural soluble fibre which is derived from a seed that also contains a nutritionally valuable mucilage. It is […]
How Does The F-Factor Diet Work?
The F-Factor diet began like many diets in the noughties, 2006 in fact when its founder Tanya Zuckerbrot published her book, The F-Factor Diet: Discover […]
Kenaf – A Fibre And Seed Oil For Nutrition And Bio-Diesel
Kenaf has been grown for centuries as a cordage plant, one whose stem and stalk have been widely used for the production of high quality […]
Using Extrusion To Modify The Properties Of Dietary Fiber
Dietary fibre is an important nutritional ingredient and along with bioactive compounds extremely beneficial to human and animal health. The capability for using extrusion to […]
Measurement And Analysis Of Dietary Fibre In The USA
Dietary fibre has always been tricky to define let alone try and measure. Back in 2009, the Codex Alimentarius reached a consensus having first started […]
Resistant Starch And Gut Health
Starch is possibly the most important source of energy for feeding the world’s population. There isn’t a culture that developed to any extent without the […]
What Is Dietary Fibre (Dietary Fiber) All About ?
Dietary fibre is one of the most important nutritional features of food. Its importance has risen over the years for a number of reasons:- Disorders […]
Sea Kelp – How Good Is It For You ?
For many years now, sea kelp has been viewed as a rich source of iodine with a significant amounts of calcium and smaller amounts of potassium and […]
The Benefits Of Brewer’s Spent Grain (BSG)
Brewers’ spent grain (BSG) is the main by-product of the brewing industry. It is the insoluble cereal residue that is separated from the mash before […]
Rice Bran And Rice Bran Oil
Rice bran is a bit of a Cinderella product. It has been awaiting its fairy godmother to launch it into the limelight as a valid […]
New Nanofibre Protects Probiotics In Beverages
Probiotics do not thrive that well in low acid fruit juices but a newly developed prebiotic nanofiber that partly encapsulates them protects them. A potential […]
Cereals: Fibre That Reduces The Risk Of Heart Disease
We regularly hear how fibre can help us reduce our weight, stave off type-2 diabetes and help us regulate our cholesterol levels. There is no […]
The 26 Top Soluble Fiber Foods For Gut Health
We all need fiber in our food but its worth seeing how many sources are available to us so we’re going to check out all […]
Inulin Claim Gets Go Ahead With EFSA Approval
Inulin is a very attractive ingredient for the nutritional food industry because it is a soluble fibre with strong prebiotic properties as well as having […]
The Bambara Groundnut – Still Being Unearthed
Bambara groundnuts should be better known ! The Bambara groundnut or Earth Pea (Vigna subterranean [L.] Verdc.) has recently been identified as a great source […]
Porridge – How Processing Turns It Into A Greater Health Food Than It Already Is.
Research provides a great example of how processing such as milling can alter food materials radically to improve their nutritional health benefits. Porridge might not […]
Prebiotics: The Benefits
Prebiotics are claimed to have great therapeutic benefits. They are food ingredients that are not digested directly in the gut but are selectively fermented by microorganisms – […]
The Super Uses For Onion Skin
Onions (Allium cepa L.) are highly valuable vegetables used in a wide range of recipes and are now only second to tomatoes as the most important horticultural […]