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Definition
To determine the neutral detergent-insoluble dietary fiber of food, food products, and feedstuffs.
Apparatus
1. Extraction apparatus with condenser to fit 600-ml tall-form lipless beaker
and hot plate adjustable to temperature that will bring 200 ml water from 25 to
rolling boil in 510 min.
2. Tall-form lipless beakers, 600-ml.
3. Coarse glass-frit (ASTM 4060 m) 60-ml filter funnels or crucibles.
4. Air oven maintained at 110130.
5. Air oven or incubator maintained at 37 2.
6. Desiccator with efficient desiccant.
7. Filtering device; suction flask with suitable holder for filtering funnel or
crucible.
8. Fine glass wool.
9. Lyophilizer (if necessary).
10. Centrifuge.
11. Grinding apparatus capable of reducing material to 2030 mesh particles.
Reagents
1. Sodium lauryl sulfate, U.S. Pharmacopeia.
2. Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate dihydrate (disodium EDTA), reagent
grade.
3. Sodium tetraborate, decahydrate (borax), (Na2B4O710H2O), ACS grade.
4. Disodium phosphate, anhydrous, reagent grade.
5. Triethylene glycol.
6. Phosphoric acid, ACS grade.
7. Sodium sulfite, anhydrous, reagent grade.
8. Petroleum ether; boiling range 3560.
9. Sodium dihydrogen phosphate, anhydrous, reagent grade.
10. Acetone, laboratory grade.
11. -Amylase.
12. Toluene, reagent grade.
Procedure
1. Prepare neutral detergent solution: Mix 18.61 g disodium EDTA and 6.81 g
Na2B4O710H2O with 150 ml water and heat until dissolved. Dissolve sodium
lauryl sulfate (30 g) and 10 ml 2-ethoxyethanol in 700 ml hot water and add to
first solution. Dissolve 4.56 g Na2HPO4 in 150 ml hot water and add to first
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Notes
1. -Amylase should be chosen with care since some have been shown to
exhibit residual hemicellulase activity. Amylase may be assayed for activity by
the method of Sumner as described in Methods of Enzymology, S. P. Colowick
and N. O. Kaplan, eds., 1955, p. 149.
2. This method has been applied to a number of food and feed systems
including materials containing legumes (soy, pea) and cereal grains (oats,
wheat, corn, and rye). It has been studied collaboratively using bran and flour
from corn, wheat, soy, and oats.
Reference
Goering, H. K., and Van Soest, P. J. 1970. Forage Fiber Analyses. Agriculture Handbook 379. U.S.
Dept. Agric.