Intro -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Dietary fibre or whole grains or both? -- J.M. Jones -- Chemical structure and function of cell walls through cereal grains and vegetable samples -- F. Guillon1, L. Saulnier1, P. Robert1, J-F Thibault1 and M. Champ2 -- The role of β-glucan in barley -- G.D. Coles1, S.J. Roberts1, R.C. Butler1, M.K. Morrell2 and J.S. Rowarth3 -- Factors affecting bioactivity of cereal βτ̔̈“«»»·glucans -- S.M. Tosh -- Physical state of soluble oat fibre and health claims -- H. Salovaara1, T. Sontag-Strohm1 and H. Anttila1,2 -- Rheology and physiology of soluble fibres: what are the relationships and what use can be made of them? -- P.J. Wood -- The fate of β-glucan during bread-making -- A.A.M. Andersson, R. Andersson and P. Åman -- Size exclusion liquid chromatographic determination of modified non-starch polysaccharide as dietary fibre -- Robert Harfmann1, Balasaheb Deshmukh1, Maciej Turowski1,2, Jerry Conklin2 and Stephanie Lynch3 -- Metabolic conversions of dietary carbohydrates by gut microbes -- K. Venema1,2, A.A. de Graaf1,3 and N.E.P. Deutz1,3 -- In vitro fermentation of fibre fractions from barley using human infant faeces as inoculum -- S.Sahlström1, S.H. Knutsen1, A.K. Holtekjølen1, K.Rudi1 and I.M. Aasen2 -- Butyrylated resistant starches and the influence of cooking on amylolysis in vitro and short chain fatty acids in vivo -- B.H. Bajka1,2,3, D.L. Topping1,2, L. Cobiac1 and J.M. Clarke1,2 -- Molecular weight of guar gum affects short-chain fatty acid profile in vitro -- M. Stewart and J. Slavin -- Lignans and other co-passengers -- H. Adlercreutz, J. Penalvo, S.-M. Heinonen and A. Linko-Parvinen -- Rye and other natural cereal fibres enhance the production and plasma concentrations of enterolactone and butyrate -- K.E. Bach Knudsen1, A. Serena1, H. Jørgensen1, J.L. Peñalvo2 and H. Adlercreutz2.

Interrelationships between carbohydrate type, phenolic acids and initial pH on in vitro conversion of enterolactone from rye lignans -- A.-M. Aura1, O. Myllymäki1, M. Bailey1, J.-L. Penalvo2, H. Adlercreutz2 and K. Poutanen1 -- Inulin and oligofructose: their effects on mineral absorption and bone health - a review on recent studies -- W. Caers -- Inulin for product development of low GI products to support weight management -- D. Meyer -- Acacia gum, the natural multifunctional fibre -- G. Frémont -- Fermentation of bran as a tool to improve quality of high fibre wheat bread -- K. Katina, K. Autio, K-H. Liukkonen and K. Poutanen -- A dietary portfolio containing viscous fibre in the control of serum cholesterol -- C.W.C. Kendall1,3,5, A.R. Josse1,3, T.H. Nguyen1,3, H. Jiang1,3, S. Abdulnour1,3, J.M.W. Wong1,3 and D.J.A. Jenkins1-4 -- The effects of resistant maltodextrin on blood glucose, insulin and triacylglyceride levels, and fat accumulation after meal feeding in humans -- D.T. Gordon -- Summary of dietary fibre methods workshop June 11, 2006, Helsinki, Finland -- D.T. Gordon1, B.V. McCleary2 and T. Sontag-Strohm3 -- Keyword index.