wherein food products such as granola bars, popcorn balls, nut clusters and the like are prepared in which food pieces are held together by a binder, which contains reduced calorie fat substitute, preferably sucrose fatty acid esters. The drawbacks of this invention are the binder consists of high proportion of fat substitute.
Reference is made to granola bar with supplementary dietary fiber and method
(Linscott et. al, USP 4,871,557, 1989), wherein granola bar with supplementary dietary fiber as compressed flakes is mixed with grains, fruits and gums and are combined with binder and then extruded and dried. The drawbacks of this invention are all the ingredients are mixed with little water and extruded and then dried to remove moisture.