Translations:Dietary fiber/8/en
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Types and sources
| Nutrient | Food additive | Source/Comments |
| water-insoluble dietary fibers | ||
| β-glucans (a few of which are water-soluble) | ||
| Cellulose | E 460 | cereals, fruit, vegetables (in all plants in general) |
| Chitin | — | in fungi, exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans |
| Hemicellulose | cereals, bran, timber, legumes | |
| Hexoses | — | wheat, barley |
| Pentose | — | rye, oat |
| Lignin | — | stones of fruits, vegetables (filaments of the garden bean), cereals |
| Xanthan gum | E 415 | production with Xanthomonas-bacteria from sugar substrates |
| Resistant starch | Can be starch protected by seed or shell (type RS1), granular starch (type RS2) or retrograded starch (type RS3) | |
| Resistant starch | — | high amylose corn, barley, high amylose wheat, legumes, raw bananas, cooked and cooled pasta and potatoes |
| water-soluble dietary fibers | ||
| Arabinoxylan (a hemicellulose) | — | psyllium |
| Fructans | replace or complement in some plant taxa the starch as storage carbohydrate | |
| Inulin | — | in diverse plants, e.g. topinambour, chicory, etc. |
| Polyuronide | ||
| Pectin | E 440 | in the fruit skin (mainly apples, quinces), vegetables |
| Alginic acids (Alginates) | E 400–E 407 | in Algae |
| Sodium alginate | E 401 | |
| Potassium alginate | E 402 | |
| Ammonium alginate | E 403 | |
| Calcium alginate | E 404 | |
| Propylene glycol alginate (PGA) | E 405 | |
| agar | E 406 | |
| carrageen | E 407 | red algae |
| Raffinose | — | legumes |
| Polydextrose | E 1200 | synthetic polymer, c. 1 kcal/g |