294554 Thu Oct 23 22:09:38 -0700 2003 4 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1615764 The NY times carried a story the other day about how the amount of fiber in food was continuing to decrease (or maybe it was the amount of fiber in fast food--I read it very quickly). For foods that have the fiber removed--I imagine anything processed or milled, like flour, probably fits into this category, maybe some part of dried beans and legumes, and so on--the fiber must go somewhere. Is it just thrown out? Hard to believe that in a capitalist society those removing it haven't found a way to package it and sell it! Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it in fact just discarded, or is it sold or used in any way? Thu Oct 23 22:09:38 -0700 2003 0 Howard-2 1 1615786 The fiber is probably just sold back to the ones who it was taken from. You know they remove it from your foods and sold back to the ones who are now deficient. I can’t see that there is any other need for fiber. They might be removing it for the sole purpose of enhancing the food’s flavor. Fri Oct 24 09:48:30 -0700 2003 1615764 0 The Gaint Tomato 1 1615823 I think that much of it may go into animal foods - pets, livestock, etc. Makes you think...products like Wonder Bread. They say that it's 'enriched' with all those vitamins. If they hadn't stripped the flour of all it's nutrients, there's be no need to add the nutrients back! Fri Oct 24 13:32:26 -0700 2003 1615764 0 lala 2 1615873 I believe that many of the nutrients added to Wonder Bread (and virtually all flour sold in the US) are required by law and are nutrients that are not naturally found in wheat. I believe they are mostly vitamins and minerals. Fri Oct 24 18:07:36 -0700 2003 1615823 0 Timowitz 3 1616052 "In addition, wheat flour provides from 3 g (cake flour) to 15 g (whole-wheat flour) of dietary fiber per 1-cup serving. Wheat flour contains B vitamins, calcium, folacin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium zinc and other trace elements, and minimal amounts of sodium." From Grains Nutrition Information Center The B-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), folic acid (B9), cyanocobalamin (B12), pantothenic acid and biotin - from: How Stuff Works http://home.howstuffworks.com/vitamin-b.html. The Wonder bread site lists their nutritients as Calicum, Iron, Folic Acid, Niacin, Riboflavin, and Thiamin. http://www.wonderbread.com/pyramids.html Seems like the same stuff to me. Not to mention the incredible Lack of Fiber in Wonder bread as opposed to other breads which use whole wheat. Link: http://www.wheatfoods.org/grain_info/flour.html Mon Oct 27 19:10:36 -0800 2003 1615873 0 lala