UC Davis Earns Grant to Increase Dietary Fiber in Wheat
Thursday Dec 31st, 2020
News Reporter
With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
Diets lacking fiber are linked to health concerns such as colon cancer and heart disease, but Americans only consume 30 percent of the recommended daily amount. UC Davis was rewarded a grant of $500,000 from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to increase dietary fiber content in wheat products.
Rockey… “Especially in this country, wheat and wheat flour is a significant component of our diet. And so anything we can do to increase the health attributes of that flour is going to be fantastic.”