With water reconstitutable agent for the production of juices or soups

摘要

Juice and soup compositions prepared by addition of water to dry ingredients and which have a mouth feel simulating fresh squeezed or naturally thickened pulping material are disclosed. They are prepared through the combining of dietary fiber substances having hydrophobic and hydrophilic characteristics depending on a coating treatment. A range of "body" producing materials have resulted from varying the ratio of "smoothage" to "roughage" materials in the compositions. When ingested, these dietary fibers produce bulk in the colon and promote regularity as well as satiety to dieters.