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===Physicochemical properties===
Dietary fiber has distinct [[physical chemistry|physicochemical]] properties. Most semi-solid foods, fiber and fat are a combination of gel matrices which are hydrated or collapsed with microstructural elements, globules, solutions or encapsulating walls. Fresh fruit and vegetables are cellular materials.
* The cells of cooked potatoes and legumes are gels filled with gelatinized starch granules. The cellular structures of fruits and vegetables are foams with a closed cell geometry filled with a gel, surrounded by cell walls which are composites with an amorphous matrix strengthened by complex carbohydrate fibers.
* Particle size and interfacial interactions with adjacent matrices affect the mechanical properties of food composites.
* Food polymers may be soluble in and/or plasticized by water.
* The variables include chemical structure, polymer concentration, molecular weight, degree of chain branching, the extent of ionization (for electrolytes), solution pH, ionic strength and temperature.
* Cross-linking of different polymers, protein and polysaccharides, either through chemical covalent bonds or cross-links through molecular entanglement or hydrogen or ionic bond cross-linking.
* Cooking and chewing food alters these physicochemical properties and hence absorption and movement through the stomach and along the intestine

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