Fake Fiber #
March 11th, 2009 | In Worth Knowing
Jacob Gershman does some investigating into the rash of nonnatural fibers cropping up in processed American foods. As you probably suspected, their health benefits are mostly unproven:
For example, Campbell’s V8 High Fiber, which Liebman calls “high fibber,” claims on its label to offer “20 percent of the recommended daily value” of fiber per 8-ounce glass. As Liebman pointed out in a recent report, the fiber that Campbell’s is talking about is maltodextrin, which she says has not been shown to have “any impact on regularity, or any aspect of digestive health.”