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Fibers and Legumes: Page 3
Fibers and Legumes
Rice bran: filler or functional fiber?
A common claim in marketing petfoods has been the statement "no fillers." The connotation of the filler has been that of chaff and other inert fractions that occur during the milling process; fractions such as bran, middlings and hulls were figuratively and often literally swept up into one bucket. The challenge, as we learn more about the beneficial effects of various fiber fractions, is that some of these so-called fillers may actually be positive additions to pet diets.
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Cellulose
Cellulose is the structural carbohydrate that provides strength and rigidity to trees, blades of grass, stalks of wheat, bolls of cotton and is one of the most abundant biological polymers in the world. It is where most of the carbon from the photosynthetic conversion of CO2 to O2 is deposited.
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Beet pulp
Sugar beets (Beta vulgaris var. altissima) are grown around the globe and are a valuable option in modern crop rotation strategies. Last year, US farmers harvested 29.9 million tons of sugar beets on 1.3 million acres. Over the past 10 years, sugar beets accounted for more than 53% of US sugar production.
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Slow adoption of fructooligosaccharide in pet foods
There has been a great deal of detailed research published regarding the fructan sugar fructooligosaccharide (FOS) in the past couple of years. FOS acts like a fiber and has beneficial effects on gut health. A special term “prebiotic” has even been coined to describe the beneficial relationship these sugars have in supplying nutrients to gut bacteria.
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