What are the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the intention to permit eight isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates to be declared as dietary fiber on the nutrition facts label?

In a recent guidance document, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the intention to permit eight isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates to be declared as dietary fiber on the nutrition facts label. Pending rulemaking, FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion when the following are included in a label’s dietary fiber declaration:

1. Mixed plant cell wall fibers,
2. Arabinoxylan,
3. Alginate,
4. Inulin and inulin-type fructans,
5. High amylose starch (resistant starch 2),
6. Galactooligosaccharide,
7. Polydextrose,
8. Resistant maltodextrin/dextrin.