Dietary Fiber - Pet Food

Question 1

Dietary Fiber

Answer 1

Complex carbohydrate of plant origin - resistant to mammalian digestive enzymes

Question 2

Crude Fiber

Answer 2

Assay developed for wood pulp industry and also applied to feeds and forages - required on pet food labels

Question 3

Total Dietary Fiber - TDF

Answer 3

Chemical method of determining fiber content - more complete detection of fiber

Question 4

Nutrient that produce acidic environment and promote water and electrolyte absorption

Answer 4

Dietary Fiber

Question 5

Dietary fiber effects on the bacteria found in the large intestine.

Answer 5

Influences the numbers and types of bacteria found in the large intestine - favor “beneficial” bacteria and inhibit pathogens

Question 6

Water (Soluble/Insoluble) fiber forms viscous gels.

Answer 6

Water Soluble Fiber

Question 7

Water soluble fiber is readily fermented in

Answer 7

Large Intestine

Question 8

Fiber in the diet (slows/quickens) nutrient absorption.

Answer 8

Slows

Question 9

Water (Soluble/Insoluble) fiber tends to bind digestive enzymes

Answer 9

Water soluble

Question 10

Water (soluble/insoluble) fiber tends to bind minerals

Answer 10

Water soluble

Question 11

Prebiotic

Answer 11

Functional food - non digestible food ingredients that benefit the host health by selectively stimulating growth and/or activity of a limited number of bacteria

Question 12

Dietary sources of prebiotics

Answer 12

Soybeans, Inulin, Raw Oats, Unrefined Wheat and Barley, FOS, MOS, XOS and GOS

Question 13

Therapeutic uses for fiber

Answer 13

Obesity
Diabetes Mellitus
Constipation
Hyperlipidemia
Normalize intestinal motility
Trichobezoars
Colitis