The main substance that burns but doesn’t necessarily get metabolized is dietary fiber, which is a category of some different polysaccharides that burn but don’t get (fully) digested.
So high fiber foods would tend to give incorrect results in bomb calorimetry.
The main substance that burns but doesn’t necessarily get metabolized is dietary fiber, which is a category of some different polysaccharides that burn but don’t get (fully) digested.
So high fiber foods would tend to give incorrect results in bomb calorimetry.