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Article: Putting the function in functional foods.
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- Food Processing
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
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Novel carbohydrates offer nutrition options.
Novel carbohydrates are finding new applications these days, as researchers are better able to describe them and determine their specific attributes. And new methods of analyzing carbohydrate structure allow development scientists to match these products with appropriate manufacturing methods.
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