Oats full of soluble fibre

Sammanfattning

During recent years there has been increased interest in oats and in foods made from this cereal, which is rich in soluble dietary fibre (mainly mixed-linkage (1 -> 3,1 -> 4)-beta-D-glucan, in the following referred to as beta-glucan). This perspective paper discusses oats, the health effects of oats, some possible health claims for oat foods and the content, structure and some properties of oat beta-glucan. In the Nordic countries this is a rapidly growing sector within the agro-industrial chain.

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Agro Food Industry Hi-tech
2008, volym: 19, nummer: 2, sidor: 25-27
Utgivare: TEKNOSCIENZE PUBL

SLU författare

• Åman, Per

  • Institutionen för molekylära vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Andersson, Annica

  • Institutionen för molekylära vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

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