Redispersible microfibrillated cellulose

Dry microfibrillated cellulose containing in admixture a compound capable of substantially inhibiting hydrogen bonding between the fibrils in the cellulose characterized by having a viscosity when redispersed in water of at least 50% of the viscosity of an equivalent concentration of said microfibrillated cellulose dispersed in water prior to drying, said microfibrillated cellulose having been prepared by repeated passage of a liquid suspesion of cellulose fibers through a high pressure homogenizer having a small diameter orifice in which said suspension is subjected to a pressure drop of at least 3000 psi followed by a high velocity decelerating impact against a solid surface, said microfibrillated cellulose further characterized by having a settling volume after 60 minutes in a 0.5% by weight suspension in water of greater than 60%.