Potencial de fibra alimentar em países ibero-americanos: alimentos, produtos e resíduos / Dietary fiber potential in Iberian-American countries: food, products and residues
Arch. latinoam. nutr
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53(1): 14-20, mar. 2003.
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
The reduced intake of dietary fiber (DF) has been associated with the increase in the incidence of several non-transmissible chronic diseases. Recently many researchers from Iberian-American countries have been studying DF of food and industrial residues in order to improve technological knowledge about concentrates production as well as the development and test of enriched products originated from regional food. The present study aimed to evaluate the regional DF potential based on compilation of data about this nutrient. There is great availability of regional and traditional food with considerable DF amounts as we may find in fruits, vegetables and cereals and legumes. Concentrated sources of DF obtained from different industrial residues were characterized and evaluated making possible their utilization in food enrichment. Cookies added to corn residues (16.8 per cent DF in integral weight) in Colombia, and pasta added to lupine fiber in Chile (11.2 per cent) are examples of tested enriched products. Products like bread with whole wheat (12 per cent), products for especial uses as well as pills of citric DF (55 per cent) and food for enteral diets (1-1.9 per cent) are already available on Cuba market. The dietary fiber contents presented in this work allow us to have an idea of the potential of such nutrient in Iberian-American countries. Such potential has been proved to be considerably representative. It is worth to inform that the complete DF database is available on the CYTED X1.6/CNPq Project Web site (http//www.fcf.usp.br/cytedxi16). It provides data on 817 regional, traditional and not conventional foods, that can be searched and utilized by professional from different areas.
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Main subject:
Dietary Fiber
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Food, Fortified
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Food Analysis
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Arch. latinoam. nutr
Journal subject:
Bioqu¡mica
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EducaÆo Alimentar e Nutricional
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Fenmenos Fisiol¢gicos da NutriÆo
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Microbiologia de Alimentos
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NUTRICAO
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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