FOOD FLOURS USEFUL IN THE REDUCTION OF GLYCEMIA, IN THE TREATMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME, IN THE REDUCTION OF CHOLESTEROL AND/OR IN THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
The present invention relates to a food flour or mixture of food flours, wherein the flours are selected from wheat flour, rye flour, buckwheat flour, rice flour, barley flour, oatmeal, corn flour or combinations thereof, preferably wheat flour, more preferably soft wheat flour, characterized in that it comprises a quantity of soluble fibre rich in immediately available soluble pentosans, among which arabinoxylans, ranging from 3 g to 4.5 g with respect to 100 g of flour or mixture of flours, preferably wheat flour, and in that a quantity ranging from 0.09 g to 0.25 g of the total weight of the soluble fibre has a molecular size of the polysaccharide chains lower than 5 kDa. The soluble fibre is preferably present in the mixture of the invention in a quantity ranging from 3.2 g to 3.5 g with respect to 100 g of flour or mixture of flours of the invention, preferably wheat flour, and/or the percentage of soluble fibre having a molecular size of the polysaccharide chains lower than 5 kDa ranges from 0.09 g to
