AMES, Iowa – Researchers at Iowa State University are mapping the potentially far-reaching health benefits of starches that take extra time to digest. The researchers, composed of about a dozen ...

Researchers have made significant advancements in developing health-focused food technologies by investigating non-thermal processing methods to alter starch digestibility. This cutting-edge approach ...

This type of starch ‘resists’ digestion, travelling straight to the large intestine instead, where it becomes food for beneficial gut bacteria.