The growing attention to healthy eating, intestinal health, combating major disorders such as obesity and diabetes and prevention of cardio-vascular diseases and cancer, has resulted in an increased output of R&D on dietary fibre and related carbohydrates. Hundreds of products are launched annually with claims regarding their fibre content. Existing and new fibres are also increasingly incorporated in to products for specific target groups, such as babies, farm animals, pets and for clinical nutrition. Contemporary research tools and ideas are enabling researchers to obtain a much better...