Dietary fibre is also known as roughage or, more technically, non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) and is not found in animal products only from plants. Strictly speaking fibre is carbohydrate, but not just one substance: a complex mixture from different plants; i.e. all the carbohydrate which humans cannot digest or absorb. But just because we can’t digest and absorb fibre, doesn’t mean it’s not good for us.
