Fibre
dietary fibre, dietary fiber
What it is
Fibre is carbohydrate that is not digested or absorbed in the small intestine. Different types of fibre behave differently in the digestive system.
Why BOTIA flags it
The fibre value on a nutrition label depends on how fibre is defined and declared in that market. BOTIA keeps the declared value separate from the regulatory definition and evidence used to interpret it.
BOTIA CAN
- Read the fibre value when it is declared on the nutrition label and preserve its unit and basis.
- Keep fibre separate from carbohydrate when the applicable labelling system declares them separately.
- Connect the declared value with the applicable regulatory information and documented evidence.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Determine the proportions of soluble and insoluble fibre unless the label declares them separately.
- Assume fibre values from different markets are directly comparable without checking the applicable definition.
- Determine an individual's fibre requirement from the nutrition label.
- Treat an undeclared fibre value as zero.