4. Conclusion
A dietary fiber ingredient could be prepared from
fresh and dried corn silk, which is a by-product
from the corn milk processing facility. Both FDF
and DDF corn silk fiber contained a large amount
of dietary fiber which was neutral in pH. This may
make them possible for wide range of food applications.
The water holding capacity of FDF and DDF
was high. For the oil holding capacity, only the
value for FDF was considered to be high while that
of DDF was low.