PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AN EDIBLE DIETARY FIBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING NON-FERMENTABLE DIETARY FIBERS AND A DIETARY FIBER COMPOSITION.

摘要

The invention provides a process for the manufacture of an edible dietary fibre composition comprising non-fermentable dietary fibres, comprising the step of: a)treating edible vegetable material with digestive enzymes to remove caloric contributing components such as macronutrients and digestible fibres, to yield an intermediate vegetable material comprising fermentable and non-fermentable dietary fibres; b) treating the intermediate vegetable material with microbes living in the human intestinal tract and/or fermentation enzymes that are present in or originate from these microbes or that are identical thereto, to remove fermentable dietary fibres and c)isolating the composition comprising non-fermentable dietary fibres. The invention further provides a food product comprising a dietary fibre composition obtainable by such process.