The markers of inflammation (IL‐6, IL‐18, TNF‐α and MCP‐1), fibrosis (Timp‐1, Collagen‐α1(1) and αSMA) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (Mmp‐2, Mmp‐3 and Gpc‐3) of liver were not significantly affected by addition of S or ML inulin into HFD compared with that of mice treated with HFD (Figure S1, Supporting Information). This evidence concerns the gene MMP2 and hepatocellular carcinoma.