Integrated Methods to Determine Alcohol-Soluble and

Alcohol-Insoluble Nondigestible Carbohydrates

With the exception of AOAC method 2001.03 for the determination of resistant
maltodextrins and TDF, all the existing methods mentioned above are applicable for
the determination of either alcohol-soluble or alcohol-insoluble nondigestible carbohydrates,
but not both simultaneously in the same test portion. Integrated methods
ought to be developed to do just that. Such methods should also be able to quantify
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a variety of alcohol-soluble nondigestible carbohydrates when present in the same

food, for example, fructo-oligosaccharides, polydextrose, and other naturally occurring
or manufactured oligosaccharides.