The following table contains a list of vegetables, fruits and legumes and estimates of their total dietary fiber, soluble fiber and insoluble fiber content.

Soluble fiber refers to cell wall components, the fraction of dietary fiber, that are soluble in water. The following table contains an estimated soluble fiber content of foods including vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds.

The following are definitions given to dietary Fiber by various authors.

Dietary fiber, or simply called fiber, refers to plant cell wall components that are not digestible by human or other mammalian digestive enzymes. Dietary fiber can be degraded only by anaerobic bacteria in the large intestine (colon).