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New carbohydrates call for thinking outside the box

Antje Jungclaus

New carbohydrates that are neither fish nor fowl are making the nomenclature for these ingredients obsolete. Dr Antje Jungclaus lays out some ideas about how to think about and classify these multifunctional carbs.

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