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A team of scientists at Madrid's Council for Scientific Investigations has concluded that red wine is a good source of dietary fibre. The scientists tested seven wines, all bought from local supermarkets. They picked typical Spanish wines with reds such as varietal Tempranillo, Tempranillo blended with international and other Spanish varieties and whites such as Verdejo.

They discovered that the red wines that they tested had between three and seven times as much fibre as the whites. The most fibre was found in a blend of Tempranillo and Monastrell, with 1.37 grams of dietary fibre per litre, equivalent to the levels found in tomatoes. The least fibre was contained in a Rueda Vedejo which contained only 0.19 grams per litre.

Dietary fibre is made up of indigestable proteins which enter the wine through the yeast used in fermentation as well as via the skin and pulp of grapes.

Speaking about the research, Doctor Fulgencio Saura-Calixto said that ";The daily consumption of 300 millilitres of red wine would increase soluble dietary fibre intake by 6.9%";.

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