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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce Paul Daggy, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 21 ; 426615 ; 426549 ; 426648 ; 162150 ; 514892 ; 424 7801 ; 4241951 ; 424442 ;
Abstract
The subject invention encompasses baked compositions, a therapeutically effective dose of SMOOTH TEXTURE METAMUCIL.RTM. and one or more conventional additives used in dough containing compositions. The present invention also encompasses methods for regulating bowel function and/or providing laxation and/or treating hypercholesterolemia and/or increasing fiber consumption in humans or lower animals comprising orally administering the baked compositions according to this invention.