Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho 16 October, 2007

A question for the upcoming Q&A Thursday, if you find it interesting (and if you have something to say, obviously):

Last week at the local grocery here in Finland, I found a new (to me) product next to the ubiquitous bran products: a packet of sugar beet fiber flakes. I bought a packet and found it a useful fiber supplement in my cooking, a bit like cabbage when boiled but otherwise unremarkable, which I consider a good thing in my fiber souces:) Its fiber content is very high (something like 70 %), so a very small amount goes a long way. I tried to search for info but found very little that relates to human nutrition (it seems to be popular in animal food, though). So:

Do you have any comments about sugar beet fiber as a fiber supplement with respect to nutrition? Are there any reasons one should prefer it to, say, rye bran, or vice versa? Any good or bad points one should be aware of?

kathryn 17 October, 2007

Thanks Antti-Juhani. I haven’t heard of sugar beet fibre flakes before. However, I’ll do some research and if I can find anything out I’ll post an answer tomorrow.