Fiber Food Ingredients Beginning To Play A Major Role In Food Products

Food manufacturers are continuing to enrich their products with fiber to meet the demand from health-conscious Americans, to follow federal government recommendations about fiber content of foods, and to comply with U.S. legislative dictates regarding bakery items served in public schools, according to new research from Packaged Facts. Manufacturers are already taking advantage of the 50 available fiber food ingredients, and there are more in the pipeline. The new fiber food ingredients will compete with grain-based products, especially those made with whole grains. The introduction of fiber food ingredients has also created new categories of fiber-enriched foods