New applications of fibres in foods: Addition to fishery products

8 pages, 1 figure.Seafoods possess high nutritional value and moreover offer functional properties. However, fish products do not contain fibre. Fibre is an essential compound in the diet, which has health benefit effects in certain disorders. At the same time, dietary fibres can be an effective tool in seafood processing for improving functional properties such as water binding, gelling, etc. This paper offers a general view of the role of dietary fibres in a food system and discusses the technological and functional roles of different types of fibres of vegetable origin (cereal, fruits) and animal origin (chitosan), with different characteristics, when they are used as ingredients in the development of restructured fish products.This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia under Project AGL2002-04104-C04-03 and by UE under Integrated Project SEAFOODplus (Ref. FP6/506359).Peer reviewe