Oat fiber?

Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"? Someone posted a recipe for
"Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want to get
the correct ingredients to make a batch.

No, the only place I have found to get oat fiber is online, I get it at:
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/ind...ROD&ProdID=620 .
It's good stuff, totally fiber, keeps you regular as well as making nice
muffins and keeping the carbs out.


Hilly wrote:
| Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"? Someone posted a recipe for
| "Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want
| to get the correct ingredients to make a batch.

"Hilly" wrote:

Is oat bran the same thing as "oat fiber"?

Maybe, maybe not. "Oat fiber" is very poor wording.

Oat bran - The protective layer outside each seed that
is removed and separated during the milling process.
It is nearly all soluble fiber in the case of oats. It does
have some insolble fiber in the mix.

Oat fiber - The part of the carbs that are not digestible
by human digestive enzymes. The bran is almost all
fiber, but there is also plenty in the endosperm that's
the bulk of the flour and even some in the germ.

So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals
oat bran.

Someone posted a recipe for
"Poppy Flax Walnut Blueberry Muffins" that sounded good, and I want to get
the correct ingredients to make a batch.

No, it is different. Oat bran has more carbs. Oat fiber is white and looks
a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different texture. Oat fiber's
carbs are all fiber, no net carbs. Oat bran, 1 cup has 62 carbs, 14.5
fiber.

It isn't "poor wording", it's the name of a product and accurately describes
what it is. Fiber extracted from oats.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
|
| Maybe, maybe not. "Oat fiber" is very poor wording.
|
| Oat bran - The protective layer outside each seed that
| is removed and separated during the milling process.
| It is nearly all soluble fiber in the case of oats. It does
| have some insolble fiber in the mix.
|
| Oat fiber - The part of the carbs that are not digestible
| by human digestive enzymes. The bran is almost all
| fiber, but there is also plenty in the endosperm that's
| the bulk of the flour and even some in the germ.
|
| So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals
| oat bran.
|

P.S. I included the URL for oat fiber when I posted my recipe.

FOB wrote:
| No, it is different. Oat bran has more carbs. Oat fiber is white
| and looks a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different
| texture. Oat fiber's carbs are all fiber, no net carbs. Oat bran, 1
| cup has 62 carbs, 14.5 fiber.
|
| It isn't "poor wording", it's the name of a product and accurately
| describes what it is. Fiber extracted from oats.
|
| Doug Freyburger wrote:
||
|| Maybe, maybe not. "Oat fiber" is very poor wording.
||
|| Oat bran - The protective layer outside each seed that
|| is removed and separated during the milling process.
|| It is nearly all soluble fiber in the case of oats. It does
|| have some insolble fiber in the mix.
||
|| Oat fiber - The part of the carbs that are not digestible
|| by human digestive enzymes. The bran is almost all
|| fiber, but there is also plenty in the endosperm that's
|| the bulk of the flour and even some in the germ.
||
|| So it's a guess to think they mean oat fiber equals
|| oat bran.

"FOB" wrote:

Oat bran has more carbs. *Oat fiber is white and looks
a lot like regular flour but with a slightly different texture. Oat fiber's
carbs are all fiber, no net carbs. * Oat bran, 1 cup has 62 carbs, 14.5
fiber.

Rather like psyllium husk's fairly pure insoluble fiber,
it is a product that is fairly pure soluble fiber. Or an
even better analogy rather like there is soy flour made
from whole soy beans, and soy protein isolate, made
by purifying the protein out of the. Oat fiber is made
purifying the fiber out of the oats.

Ah. Thanks for the training. Sounds like it would make
good muffins.