including but not limited to prebiotic and synbiotic compositions diabetic foods and supplements dietetic foods foods to control glycemic response and tablets and other pharmaceutical dosage forms food products comprise the complex and at least one additional edible ingredient when added to a food product the resultant complex is added in any amount desired in one aspect the complex is added in an amount of from 5 to 75 w w of the food product and in another aspect in an amount of from 10 to 65 w w of the food product in one embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 10 w w based upon the food in another embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 15 w w based upon the food in yet another embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 20 w w based upon the food in still yet another embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 25 w w based upon the food in a further embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 30 w w based upon the food in yet a further embodiment the complex is added in an amount of at least 35 w w based upon the food in still yet a further embodiment of the invention the complex is substituted for at least part of the flour or other carbohydrate based product conventionally added to the food for example by replacing the conventional starch flour grits or grain addition of the whole grain hydrocolloid complex to foods may not significantly affect the organoleptic quality attributes of.