Patent ID: 8895085

Claim:
An agglomerated oil-impregnated unmilled psyllium husk composition, comprising, (a) 50 to 90 w/w % whole unmilled psyllium husk, (b) 3 to 15 w/w % of an oil component impregnating the unmilled psyllium husk, wherein the oil component is selected from the group consisting of coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, canola oil, linseed oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, and sunflower oil, and (c) 4 to 40 w/w % of an agglomerating material coating on the oil-impregnated unmilled psyllium husk, wherein the agglomerating material is selected from the group consisting of a water-dispersible hydrolyzed starch oligosaccharide, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polyglucose, polymaltose, maltodextrin and mixtures thereof.