date:Apr 11, 2013
The study published in the Journal of Plant Foods for Human Nutrition found that inclusion of these beta-glucan (-Glucan) fractions can be utilized by snack firms to increase dietary fiber content while also manipulating the glycemic load (GL) an estimate of how much the food will raise a persons blood glucose level after consumption taking into account carbohydrate content.
Typically extruded snacks have a high GL content due to the partial gelatinization and fragmentation of starch from the