Abstract
Functional foods bearing dietary fibers (DFs), prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics are linked to various health benefits. DFs comprising edible carbohydrates and closely associated compounds resistant to digestion in the human small intestine with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine can be classified as water-soluble and water-insoluble. Cereal grain bran fractions, seed coat and cotyledons of legumes, and endosperm cell walls are rich sources of DFs. Those DFs that selectively promote probiotics (live microorganisms that confer health benefit on host) and benefit host health are prebiotics. In this article, DFs, prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and functional foods for lactose intolerance are described.
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