Obesity has become a global epidemic and a public health crisis in the Western World,
experiencing a threefold increase in prevalence since 1975. High-caloric diets and …

Dietary fiber is a group of heterogeneous substances that are neither digested nor absorbed
in the small intestine. Some fibers can be classified as prebiotics if they are metabolized by …

Diabetes and obesity are metabolic diseases that have become alarming conditions in
recent decades. Their rate of increase is becoming a growing concern worldwide. Recent …

The properties of each food, composition, and structure affect the digestion and absorption
of nutrients. Dietary fiber (DF), especially viscous DF, can contribute to a reduction in the …

Prebiotics have long been used to modulate the gut microbiota and improve host health.
Most established prebiotics are nondigestible carbohydrates, especially short‐chain …

The soluble dietary fiber polydextrose (PDX) is a randomly linked glucose oligomer
containing small amounts of sorbitol and citric acid and is widely used in the food industry …

Nondigestible carbohydrates (NDCs) are food components, including nonstarch
polysaccharides and resistant starches. Many NDCs are classified as dietary fibers by the …

Glucose-based short-chain oligosaccharides (gluco-oligosaccharides, GlcOS) have been
established as functional food ingredients with health-promoting properties. Currently …

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the addition of prebiotic components (long-chain
inulin, medium-chain inulin, oligofructose and polydextrose, 5 g/100 g) on the characteristics …

This study aimed to investigate the effect of canola oil-emulsion gels (EGs) stabilized by pork
skin and dietary fibers to replace the total content of pork back fat in emulsified meat …