How does the addition of mushrooms and their dietary fibre affect starchy foods
Hui Zhao, Liwen Wang, Margaret A. Brennan, Charles S. Brennan
Abstract
Mushrooms contain multiple bioactive compounds of which dietary fibre is a representative type. Fortification of extracted or naturally derived dietary fibre in staple starchy foods constitutes a strategy to increase fibre intake in terms of cardiovascular disease and other metabolic diseases. Food matrix is viewed as a physical domain containing nutrients in which interactions and behaviours are different from those in isolation or free state. The nutritional effect of mushrooms' addition in the starchy food matrix is reviewed together with the alterations of cooking properties. Prospective studies include nutrients bioaccessibility due to the interfere of dietary fibres in consideration of their types and quality. The future approach to shaping microbial colonisation in the digestive tract through metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids from dietary fibres is required to sustain host physiology and health.