Current
and accurate food composition data is the foundation of product claims, dietary
modelling and health education programs. Data on soluble, insoluble and
resistant starch content of Australian foods is scarce and many foods in the
NUTTAB database don't currently have fibre results that reflect the current
food supply. An industry lead initiative by Goodman Fielder, Ingredion and
Grain Growers Limited (GrainGrowers) has resulted in updated and new comprehensive fibre data for 53
foods being released.
Current
and accurate food composition data is the foundation of product claims, dietary
modelling and health education programs, to name but a few uses. Data on
soluble, insoluble and resistant starch content of Australian foods is scarce, so
to date users of food composition data have had to rely on overseas sources
which do not accurately reflect domestic cultivars, growing and manufacturing
practices. In addition, many foods in the NUTTAB database don't currently have
total fibre results reported or, where they do, the data does not reflect the
current food supply.
An
industry lead initiative by Goodman Fielder, Ingredion and GrainGrowers has
addressed this, resulting in updated and new comprehensive fibre data for 53
foods now being released. Researchers, food companies, dietitians, health
departments and others working with food composition data are now able to
access this data from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website on the
NUTTAB home page. FSANZ hopes this initiative will stimulate more data like
this being generated and released.
With
the results of the recent National Nutrition Survey emerging, researchers will
be able to use data such as this to more accurately assess the level of consumption
of total fibre and fibre types in the Australian population. This will help to
build the evidence base for future reviews of dietary targets and other
population based interventions.
The
NUTTAB data tables can be viewed in full at:
For
information of the method refer to the Resistant Starch report, or contact
Coral Colyer at Goodman Fielder (coral.colyer@goodmandfielder.com.au).
The
Resistant Starch Report can be viewed in full at:
http://foodaust.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Hi_Maize-supplement_web.pdf
