abstract
- © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Fruits and vegetables are important sources of dietary fiber (DF) with a balanced ratio of insoluble and soluble fractions. The DF obtained from these kinds of plant-based foods possess health-related attributes associated to their physiological and functional properties. Furthermore, they exert antioxidant characteristics derived from the bioactive substances that are linked to DF. This chapter focuses on the content, characteristics and health-related benefits of DF from different parts of fruits and vegetables as well as their by-products obtained after processing. Additionally, cases of food products developed with DF from citrus fruits are described considering their health attributes observed through epidemiological studies.