date:Aug 15, 2012
DuPont says its Danisco Litesse-brand polydextrose could have a role in appetite control, after researchers at the Functional Food Centre of Oxford Brookes University in the UK published a study looking at its effects on satiety in the European Journal of Nutrition.
They reported a 10% reduction in energy intake at a monitored lunch after study participants consumed polydextrose a soluble fiber with one calorie per gram one hour earlier. The ingredient has been used to add fiber to food pro