Dietary Fiber Dietary fiber is the non-nutritive component of foods.
Dietary fiber is the name given collectively to undigestible carbohydrates present in food.
Mucilages Some of these are water-soluble and the others, water insoluble. Cellulose Cellulose is a polymer of glucose linked by beta 1-4 bonds. Hemicellulose Hemicelluloses are branched polymers of pentose and hexose sugars. The proportion depends upon the plant source Lignins These are polymers of aromatic alcohols. They encrust the cellulose and hemicellulose during secondary thickening in plants.