Effect of Short-chain Fatty Acids on Aerobic Endurance

High-amylose maize starch (HAMS), commercially available as Hylon VII (Ingredion, Inc.), to which the SCFA acetate or butyrate has been chemically added. Hylon VII is a HAMS containing \~70% amylose and used in a variety of food products. To produce SCFA-enriched HAMS, Hylon VII is chemically modified through esterification with the SCFA acetate or butyrate.

Rapidly digestible low-amylose maize starch (0% amylose, 100% amylopectin) sold commercially as AMIOCA (Ingredion, Inc).