Patent ID: 7767248

Claim:
A method for making a chewy confectionary product having a high fiber content, the method comprising: mixing dietary fiber, water, and sweetener selected from the group consisting of corn syrup, sweetener other than from corn syrup, sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof, corn syrup to provide a fibrous/sweetened aqueous slurry having from 60 to 74 weight percent solids, and from 25 to 40 weight percent fiber to provide a fibrous/sweetened slurry; heating the fibrous/sweetened slurry to hydrate the fiber and to remove from 10 to 20 weight percent water from the fibrous/sweetened slurry provide a cooked slurry having at least about 78 weight percent solids; and adding at a temperature of at least about 100° F. additional fiber, additional solids and at least about 3 weight percent humectant to the cooked slurry to provide a chewy confectionary product having at least 42 weight percent fiber and at least 88 weight percent solids, the addition of the additional fiber and solids at a temperature of the at least about 100° F. to substantially preclude formation of a crystalline matrix of sugar, corn syrup and fiber.