Are there natural food sources of soluble fiber?
Soluble fiber is found in oats, oatmeal, oat bran, beans, legumes, barley, citrus fruits, and psyllium. It can also be found in gums, including; Konjac gum, vegetable gum, pectin, guar gum and gum Arabic. But generally, most have only a small percentage soluble fiber. Oat bran contains the highest level of soluble fiber, about 14%. All other grains contain much less. In comparison, fresh Konjac contains an average of 13% dry matter, of which 64% is glucomannan, making glucomannan the richest soluble fiber resource in nature. Psyllium As the Source of Soluble Fiber Psyllium (Metamucil), a natural, water-soluble, gel-reducing fiber, which is extracted from the husks of blond psyllium seeds (plantago ovata), is a member of a class of soluble fibers referred to as mucilages. Psyllium’s total dietary content – 86 percent – is made up of 71 percent soluble fiber and 15 percent insoluble fiber. This compares to 15 percent total fiber and only five percent soluble fiber for oat bran. The solub
