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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / May 2008Oat fiber?
Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"? Someone posted a recipe for "Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want to get the correct ingredients to make a batch. No, the only place I have found to get oat fiber is online, I get it at: http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=620 . It's good stuff, totally fiber, keeps you regular as well as making nice muffins and keeping the carbs out. | Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"? Someone posted a recipe for | "Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want | to get the correct ingredients to make a batch. > Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"? Maybe, maybe not. "Oat fiber" is very poor wording. Oat bran - The protective layer outside each seed that is removed and separated during the milling process. It is nearly all soluble fiber in the case of oats. It does have some insolble fiber in the mix. Oat fiber - The part of the carbs that are not digestible by human digestive enzymes. The bran is almost all fiber, but there is also plenty in the endosperm that's the bulk of the flour and even some in the germ. So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals oat bran. > Someone posted a recipe for > "Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want to get > the correct ingredients to make a batch. No, it is different. Oat bran has more carbs. Oat fiber is white and looks a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different texture. Oat fiber's carbs are all fiber, no net carbs. Oat bran, 1 cup has 62 carbs, 14.5 fiber. It isn't "poor wording", it's the name of a product and accurately describes what it is. Fiber extracted from oats. | Maybe, maybe not. "Oat fiber" is very poor wording. | [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals | oat bran. P.S. I included the URL for oat fiber when I posted my recipe. | No, it is different. Oat bran has more carbs. Oat fiber is white | and looks a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] || So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals || oat bran. > Oat bran has more carbs. Oat fiber is white and looks > a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different texture. Oat fiber's > carbs are all fiber, no net carbs. Oat bran, 1 cup has 62 carbs, 14.5 > fiber. Rather like psyllium husk's fairly pure insoluble fiber, it is a product that is fairly pure soluble fiber. Or an even better analogy rather like there is soy flour made from whole soy beans, and soy protein isolate, made by purifying the protein out of the. Oat fiber is made purifying the fiber out of the oats. Ah. Thanks for the training. Sounds like it would make good muffins. |
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