Codex definition of dietary fibre and issues requiring resolution

Dietary Fibre: New Frontiers for Food and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 15-24

  Lupton, J R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fibre labelling; Oligosaccharides; Physiological effects of fibres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899347216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-692-2     Document Type: Chapter

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