Binding Water in 3D: Cellulose Networks for Texture and Sensory Benefits

In nature, cellulose is found as β-1,4-linked glucopyranose units. The polymer chains are linked via hydrogen bonds forming fibril bundles of both highly ordered crystalline regions and disordered amorphous regions in the plant cell wall.¹ Cellulose fibrils are responsible for the high tensile strengths in the cell wall of plant fibers. These fibrils or fibril bundles are obtained from wood and other lignocellulosic fiber materials.²