Tag: fiber

  • FDA Releases Guidance on Dietary Fiber Labeling

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released guidance identifying eight non-digestible carbohydrates that the agency intends to add to its list of dietary fibers—including mixed plant cell wall fibers, alginate, polydextrose and resistant maltodextrin/dextrin—because the agency has “tentatively determined that they have physiological effects that are beneficial to human health.” These additions “provide industry…