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Article: Delivering fiber via Dairy Foods: dairy processors have the opportunity to give consumers more of what they lack in their diet: fiber.(Ingredient Technology)(Discussion)
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- Dairy Foods
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- August 1, 2006
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The message has not changed over the years: eat more fiber. Scientific studies continue to support this message and provide new evidence to indicate the importance of having optimal amounts of dietary fiber in the diet.
Dietary fiber might only be found in plants; however, that fiber can be processed into ingredients and delivered to the consumer via dairy foods. Dairy Foods spoke with 10 suppliers of food-grade fiber ingredients to get their opinion on the opportunities dairy processors have with using their wares as the vehicle to deliver dietary fiber to Americans. Here's what the experts had to say.
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