ARCHIVED - Table 1. Characteristics of various dietary fibre definitions
Table 1 compares the characteristics of dietary fibre definitions from some other jurisdictions with the current Canadian definition.
Jurisdictions | Health Canada | US IOM, 2005 | Codex, 2009 | ANZFA, 2000 (now FSANZ) | FAO, 2007 | |||||||
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Sub classification | Dietary fibre (1985) | Novel fibre (1988) | Dietary fibre | Functional fibre | Total fibre | 1st category | 2nd category | 3rd category | 1st category | 2nd category | 3rd category | Dietary fibre |
Terminology | Endogenous NSP | Chemically and physically modified, concentrated fibre, finely ground fibre | Intrinsic / intact ND CHOs | Isolated, manufactured, synthesized ND CHOs | Sum of dietary and functional fibre | Edible CHO polymers in foods as consumed | CHO polymers obtained from food raw materials and processed (chem/phys/ or enzym) | Synthetic CHO polymers | Fractions of edible parts of plants (but not excluding microbiological, fungal or animal sources) | Plants extracts (but not excluding microbiological, fungal or animal sources) | Analogous CHO | Intrinsic plant cell wall polysaccharides |
Resistant to human enzymes | Yes | Implied | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Intact and naturally occurring in food | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Animal derived ND CHO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Synthetic ND CHO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
ND mono and disaccharides | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ND oligosaccharides | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Decision left to national authorities | Decision left to national authorities | Decision left to national authorities | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Resistant starch | No | No | Yes (RS1, RS2, RS3) | Yes (RS4) | Yes | Yes (RS1, RS2, RS3) | Yes (RS4) | No | Yes (RS1, RS2, RS3) | Yes (RS2, high amylose) | Yes (RS4) | No |
Lignin as part of the plant matrix | Yes | Implied | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Demonstration of health benefits | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
List of health effects | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
ND: nondigestible;
CHO: carbohydrates;
NSP: non-starch polysaccharides.
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