On Nutrition: Facts about fiber

Beta glucan, guar gum, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. What would you do if saw these listed on a food ingredient label? If you are of the mind not to buy any food with ingredients you cannot pronounce, you may be surprised that these ingredients are included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration definition of dietary fiber. What is dietary fiber exactly? That’s not an easy question apparently. According to the International Food Information Council (IFIC), scientists around the world have not landed on a singular definition. They do agree on a few things, however. Dietary fiber is only found...