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bran

[bran] / bræn /
NOUN
cereal
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Insoluble fibres, found in wholegrain bread, bran and the skins of fruit and vegetables, help our poo travel through the gut.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Those are the kind of fibers found in e.g. wheat bran, vegetables, and whole grains.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

The bran and germ remain intact, similar to brown rice, making it a high fiber food.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023

Keep that in mind if you eat wheat bran cereal with milk or calcium-enriched soymilk.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

It had been no uncommon sight to see a man-at-arms whistling like a lobster, and looking like porridge, because they had emptied a bucket of boiling bran over his armour during a siege.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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