Patent ID: 8399040

Claim:
A method of forming an edible dairy containing composition comprising the steps of: a) soaking raw material from organic fiber plant mass comprising at least 50% by weight of all fiber mass as parenchymal fiber mass in an aqueous solution in complete absence of refinement process introduced metal or metallic hydroxides; b) draining the raw material; c) allowing the raw material to soak for at least 4 hours so that the fiber mass is softened; d) shearing the softened fiber mass to open up the fibers to at least 50% of theoretic potential; e) drying sheared softened fiber mass to produce a highly refined cellulose fiber having a water retention capacity of at least 50 g H20/g dry weight of fiber; and f) mixing together a combination of at least one of each of i) cheese, imitation cheese, yogurt, ice cream, ice milk, milk, soft serve, cream cheese, sour cream, frozen yogurt, or sherbet composition and ii) 0.05-30% by weight of the highly refined cellulose fiber defined by a fiber material that has a total dietary fiber content greater than 30% as measured by AOAC 991.43 and a water holding capacity greater than five parts water per part fiber as measured by AACC 56-30 and is less than 90% soluble fiber.