Ingredients
Individual ingredients and dietary building blocks such as psyllium husk.
Ingredients are individual building blocks of the diet – for example sources of fibre that can be used deliberately.
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Fibre
Fibre-rich ingredients that can influence digestion and satiety.
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Ingredient
Psyllium husk
Psyllium husk is the outer seed coat of Plantago ovata. It contains soluble, water-binding dietary fibre and forms a gel when mixed with water.
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