Dietary fiber imhando yechikafu haigone kuputswa nema enzymes ekugaya emuviri wemunhu, haigone kubatwa nemuviri wepolysaccharide zvinhu uye lignin general term.
Kunyange zvazvo iine misiyano iri pachena neprotein, mafuta, mavhitaminzi nezvimwe zvinovaka muviri, zvakakosha zvikuru kuhutano hwevanhu, kusvika kuma1970, fiber yezvokudya yakaunzwa zviri pamutemo munharaunda yezvokudya, inorondedzerwa se "chinomwe chekudya", uye ipapo misika yakaratidza maitiro akanaka ekukura.