How to Use digestibility in a Sentence

digestibility

noun
  • One area where high-end foods fare better, according to Loftus, is digestibility.
    Kelly Conaboy, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The answer to that is based on what works for the digestibility for that particular dog.
    April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2022
  • Feel more content between meals as a result of the rapid digestibility of whole blends.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Indeed, digestibility is in a way part of Le Puy’s charter.
    Eric Asimov, New York Times, 16 June 2017
  • The centerpiece of every feedlot is a mill, where the corn or other grains are steamed and rolled into flakes to improve digestibility.
    New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The almond studies are among several Baer has coauthored on the digestibility of nuts.
    Candice Choi, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Finished dough is cold fermented for 48 hours which breaks down the gluten and increases digestibility.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Or boil beans with kombu kelp the macrobiotic way, which helps with their digestibility and adds flavor.
    Nina F. Ichikawa, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Sprouting is a process that improves the digestibility of seeds, and makes their nutrients more readily available.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Even foods that have not evolved to survive digestion differ markedly in their digestibility.
    Rob Dunn, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2013
  • But Indian cooking achieves this balance through fresh ingredients and use of spices to aid digestibility in food.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Still, Green Book — a film that teeters the line between digestibility and regressive politics — prevails over Roma.
    Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Today most nutritionists, obesity experts, and physicians argue that the easy digestibility the Kelloggs worked so hard to achieve is not such a good thing.
    Howard Markel, Smithsonian, 28 July 2017
  • The digestibility of rice protein is typically very good.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Forbidden black rice, so-called because it was once reserved for Chinese emperors to ensure their health and longevity, needs to be soaked overnight to improve digestibility and speed cooking times, but the extra step pays off.
    Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 June 2020
  • The typical range for protein digestibility of commercial diets is quite wide.
    Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
  • It's crafted to support skin and coat health, optimal digestibility, and better immunity with the power of real fruits and vegetables.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2022
  • Perhaps the pie’s most important virtue is digeribilità (digestibility), a charming term for pizzas that are easy to eat, and that your body welcomes with seeming effortlessness.
    Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Casein is the protein that most athletes and bodybuilders choose, since both organic casein and whey proteins assist you in building lean muscle with its easy digestibility and time release properties.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2022
  • Heat hastens the unraveling, and thus the digestibility, of proteins, as well as killing bacteria, presumably reducing the energy the immune system must expend to battle any pathogens.
    Rob Dunn, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2013
  • In the past two years, researches have started to look at introducing small quantities of seaweed in animal feed to see what is the potential digestibility and methane reduction of seaweed for cattle.
    Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • That’s partially owed to sentimentality, not enough to oversweeten the story but enough to aid its digestibility: The action takes place in the run-up to Christmas, complete with a scene where characters unfurl decorations.
    Love Pulls You Close, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The technology then creates and utilizes enzymes that function as biological catalysts in the human body to help enhance digestibility, Yang told me.
    Douglas Yu, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • To preserve the essential nutrients and enhance digestibility, all ingredients are gently cooked, locking in their vital goodness.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • This relationship has enabled the two companies to do joint research to further optimize the digestibility of varieties for the specific fish species that BioMar raises – for instance by reducing certain oligosaccharides.
    Steven Savage, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the team’s statement, co-author Ivan Ilic also explained that despite the battery’s relatively low power, its digestibility provides a promising example of a battery that doesn’t use any toxic materials.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Oatmeal also holds another key feature for cats who suffer from sensitive stomach issues: easy digestibility.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • In order to assess the potential for methane reduction and digestibility, seaweed and seaweed products were tested at the fiber degradation and gas production laboratory.
    Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • For example, because the digestibility of protein is decreased on a vegan diet, plant protein needs are slightly higher for vegans than for those eating animal foods, Kimberlain explained.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Among themselves, these new-school pizza makers speak of hydration levels, fermentation periods and digestibility.
    New York Times, 8 Oct. 2019

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