Meanings
adjectivenon-starchy (not comparable)
alternative nonstarchy
- not comparableNot containing starch or carbohydrates.
This resistant starch fraction is resistant to amylase digestion in the human digestive tract and exhibits digestive behaviour similar to that of the non-starchy polysaccharide fraction (NSP) or indigestible oligosaccharides
2004, Ann-Charlotte Eliasson, Starch in Food, →ISBN, page 484
Origin
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