Consumers want to achieve better overall health and wellness, and adding more dietary protein and fiber helps. FDA defines dietary fiber as “certain naturally occurring fibers that are ‘intrinsic and intact’ in plants, and added isolated or synthetic non-digestible soluble and insoluble carbohydrates that FDA has determined have beneficial physiological effects to human health.”
In June 2018, after an extensive scientific review, FDA issued new guidance and identified eight additional non-digestible carbohydrates that meet the definition of dietary fiber. This provides product developers with more R&D tools.