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Resistant Starch

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Summary<br />

❖ <strong>Resistant</strong> starch (RS) is starch, including its degradation products, that escapes<br />

from digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals.<strong>Resistant</strong> starch occurs<br />

naturally in foods but is also added to foods by the addition of isolated or<br />

manufactured types of resistant starch.<br />

❖ <strong>Resistant</strong> starch is a type of starch that isn’t fully broken down and absorbed, but<br />

rather turned into short-chain fatty acids by intestinal bacteria.

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