When do starch-polyphenol complexes qualify as type 5 resistant starch? A critical evidence framework from molecular assembly to colonic utilization.
Starch-polyphenol complexes are increasingly explored for modulating starch digestibility, developing low-glycemic-index foods, and improving polyphenol stability and delivery. Some systems have been described as type 5 resistant starch (RS5) or RS5-like based on V-type crystalline signals, increased resistant starch c...