Multiple choice

Which one of the following pairs represents water soluble dietary fiber?

  1. Fructans, inulin

  2. Mucilage, chitin

  3. Pectin, lignin

  4. Cellulose, hemicellulose

  5. Lignin, chitin
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Explanation

This is the correct answer. Water soluble dietary fiber includes pectins, gums and mucilage, fructans, inulin, etc., which are found mainly in plant cells. Water insoluble dietary fibre includes- cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, chitin, xanthan, etc., which make up the structural parts of plant cell walls.

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