Dietary fibre and available carbohydrates in Finnish cereal products

Pertti Varo; Raili Laine; Kirsti Veijalainen; Kristiina Pero; Pekka Koivistoinen

Agricultural and Food Science (Jan 1984)

Dietary fibre and available carbohydrates in Finnish cereal products

Pertti Varo,
Raili Laine,
Kirsti Veijalainen,
Kristiina Pero,
Pekka Koivistoinen

Affiliations

Pertti Varo: Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 HELSINKI, Finland
Raili Laine: Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 HELSINKI, Finland
Kirsti Veijalainen: Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 HELSINKI, Finland
Kristiina Pero: Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 HELSINKI, Finland
Pekka Koivistoinen: Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, SF-00710 HELSINKI, Finland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 1

Abstract

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The contents of dietary fibre and available carbohydrates in Finnish cereal products were analysed using the Englyst total carbohydrate method. The tabulation gives the carbohydrate compositions of 44 cereal foods. The cereal-based estimated daily intakes were: total soluble sugars 14.8 g, starch 103 g and dietary fibre 11.6g (energy level 10 MJ).

Published in Agricultural and Food Science

ISSN: 1459-6067 (Print); 1795-1895 (Online)
Publisher: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
Country of publisher: Finland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Agriculture (General)
Website: http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/AFS/index

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