Figure 1
Constituents and classification of dietary fibre [according to Bach Knudsen (1997), AACC (2001), Mussato & Mancilha (2007)]Tabelle 1_ Bestandteile und Einteilung der Faserfraktionen [nach Bach Knudsen (1997), AACC (2001), Mussato & Mancilha (2007)]
| Category | Monomers | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Resistant starches | Glucose | Partly milled grains and seeds, raw potato, banana, heat-treated starch products |
| Non- starch polysaccharides | ||
| Cellulose | Glucose | Most cereals and legumes |
| Mixed linked β-glucans | Glucose | Barley, oats, rye |
| Arabinoxylans | Xylose, arabinose | Rye, wheat, barley |
| Arabinogalactans | Galactose, arabinose | Cereal coproducts |
| Xyloglucans | Glucose, xylose | Cereal flours |
| Rhamnogalacturans | Uronic acids, rhamnose | Pea hulls |
| Galactans | Galactose | Soy bean meal, sugar beet pulp |
| (Pectins) | Uronic acids, rhamnose | Apple, sugar beet pulp |
| α-Galacto-oligosaccharides | Galactose, glucose, fructose | Soy bean meal, peas, rapeseed meal |
| Fructo-oligosaccharides | Fructose, glucose | Cereals, feed additives, Jerusalem artichokes |
| Transgalacto-oligosaccharides | Galactose, glucose | Feed additives, milk products |
| Phenolic macromolecule | Cotton seed, cereal bran, pine pollen, ligno-cellulose | |
| Waxes, phytate, cutin, saponins, suberin, tannins | several components (e.g. furan rings, hydroxy fatty acids) | Leaves, cereals |