Oral smokeless tobacco composition comprising liberated, delignified tobacco fibres and a method for its manufacture

An oral smokeless tobacco composition comprising liberated, delignified tobacco fibres, wherein the liberated, delignified tobacco fibres are 1 to 75 weight percent of the dry weight of the oral smokeless tobacco composition, wherein the liberated, delignified tobacco fibres have an average length-to-width ratio equal to or greater than 4:1 and equal to or lower than 100:1, and wherein the liberated, delignified tobacco fibres have a number-weighted average width equal to or greater than about 34 μm to equal to or less than about 42 μm.