Table 4.

Faecal SCFA concentrations (mM) n 9 ± sd at day 1 and following the consumption of control or bean hull bread rolls day 4

	Total SCFA		Formate		Acetate		Propionate		Iso-butyrate		Butyrate		Iso-valerate		Valerate		Caproate		Succinate
	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd	(mM) n 9	sd
Control bread day 1 (mM)	83·62	39·54	0·00	0·00	46·07	21·98	16·95	7·38	1·58	0·95	14·41	10·42	1·32	0·85	2·13	1·19	0·59	0·92	0·57	0·80
Control bread day 4 (mM)	87·31	42·81	0·16	0·47	48·39	19·52	16·57	6·89	2·33	1·54	14·50	14·22	2·09	1·55	2·42	1·57	0·61	1·16	0·24	0·48
Control bread day1 v. day 4 (% change)*	4·40		–		5·03		–2·24		47·36		0·62		58·68		13·51		3·54		–57·73
Bean hull bread day 1 (mM)	85·63	40·14	0·00	0·00	50·13	24·25	16·07	5·28	1·85	0·88	13·05	10·65	1·51	0·74	2·12	0·87	0·67	0·87	0·23	0·47
Bean hull bread day 4 (mM)	67·04	11·34	0·00	0·00	39·28	7·42	14·65	3·95	1·40	0·49	8·29	3·39	1·13	0·61	1·73	0·43	0·43	0·61	0·13	0·39
Bean hull bread day1 v. day 4 (% change)*	–21·70		–		–21·64		–8·81		–24·33		–36·49		–25·26		–18·18		–35·51		–44·84
Day 1 v. day 4 (% change)†					–18·82		–11·57		–40·05		–42·83		–46·04		–28·23		–29·67		–46·63
ttest (comparing control v. bean hull on day 4)	0·18		0·35		0·24		0·40		0·08		0·15		0·07		0·16		0·44		0·63
ttest (comparing bean hull on D1 v. D4)	0·18		–		0·21		0·47		0·15		0·13		0·15		0·18		0·15		0·65

^*Percentage change between baseline and post-intervention (day 1 v. day 4) following the bean hull and control bread rolls.

^†% change between the two test meals on day 4.