tablets to form a granule mixture using a mixer e g tumble mixer or v blender other ingredients suitable for the chewable composition include fillers binders excipients sweeteners flavorants lubricants and the like as further discussed below the granule mixture is then compression molded to form the chewable composition using e g a conventional compression tablet molding press e g courtoy rotary press kilian tablet press manesty rotary press fette rotary press or korsch rotary press a desired tablet press is a rotary tablet press that compresses the granule mixture to a tablet of a hardness of 10 20 kp preferably 12 15 kp as measured by a tablet hardness tester e g vk 200 vankel tablet hardness tester as discussed above in addition to the main fiber ingredient the chewable composition may contain other ingredients ingredients that facilitate the manufacture improve the aesthetics and improve the organoleptic properties of the chewable composition can be added these ingredients include stabilizer colorants and fillers other materials that can also be added include fillers e g compressible sugars dextrose sorbitol and mannitol compression aids e g microcrystalline cellulose and starch binders e g lactose sucrose maltodextrin starch polyethylene glycol gums hypromellose methylcellulose or microcrystalline cellulose lubricants e g stearates flavorants natural sweeteners and artificial sweetener flavoring agents well known in the food and confection art may be added to the chewable fiber compositions these flavoring.