What is cellulose fiber?
Information collected from various Web sites. It’s been said that some store-bought diet breads use sawdust fiber as filler. Many of us are familiar with the sawdust accusations levied against early high-fiber breads. Bread and breakfast cereal makers often emphasize that their products contain fiber. If they would utilize the whole grain in wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn, there would be no need to add sawdust or other cellulose for dietary bulk. Cellulose products include both cellulose and modified cellulose from nonfood plant sources. Cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin are components of wood as well as edible plants. They are tough, fibrous, and insoluble in water. Pectins (a substance used in jellies) and gums are water-soluble and form gel-like, or viscous, textures. All of the dietary fibers are found in varying combinations and amounts in plant leaves, stems, tubers, roots, flowers, and seeds. Cellulose, the most abundant fiber, forms the basic structural material of cell
