Nowadays many people include too little roughage in their daily diet, which can cause problems with their digestion.  The roughage in one's diet is very important for a healthy digestion.  Roughage ensures that the semi-digested food pulp passes smoothly along the alimentary canal.  Vegetable roughage such as cellulose and pectin is particularly effective in stimulating the digestion.  It contains few calories and stimulates the passage of all materials through the intestines.
Pectin can also combine with cholesterol in the intestine and thus put it out of commission, in effect lowering the cholesterol content of the body.

Fruit roughage supplements the daily diet with a balanced combination of soluble and insoluble roughage, which stimulates movement in the intestines and has a beneficial effect in lowering the amount of cholesterol in the body.  In addition, the soluble roughage provides food for the useful intestinal flora and stimulates their increase.  This in turn activates the intestinal flora and makes sure that the intestinal fluid balance is maintained.  Movement along the intestines is stimulated in a natural manner and the regular supply is stabilised in the long run.

It is recommended that roughage in the diet is taken together with sufficient fluids.  Drinks containing roughage can be mixed with or added to water or fruit juice, yoghourt, quark, muesli and other food.  Because of their low nutritional value, roughage can also be taken to support a slimming diet.