Dietary fibre in Hungarian foods measured by the Englyst NSP procedure and the AOAC Prosky procedure: A comparison study

Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-450

  Kontraszti, M ^a   Hudson, G J ^b   Englyst, H N ^b  

^a National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Englyst procedure; Fibre intake; NSP, non starch polysaccharides; Prosky procedure; RS, resistant starch

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033046409     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(98)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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