Preparation and efficacy of tooth whitening tablet including SHMP
AssigneeThe Hershey Company
InventorsBalaji Santhanam, Ian Fairs
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a confectionery capable of imparting tooth-whitening benefits to an end-user, the confectionery containing: sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), one or more sweeteners; and optionally a food-grade acid, such as citric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of imparting tooth-whitening benefits to a consumer involving inserting the above-described confectionery into a consumer's mouth and allowing the confectionery to dissolve in the consumer's mouth, and repeating over a prolonged period of time.
Claims19
A confectionery product, comprising:
- a compressed tablet, which comprises:
- a stain removal ingredient having a general formula (I):
- Na(n+2)PnO(3n+1) (I),
- wherein n is 13 or 21;
- at least one sweetener;
- and
- citric acid within a range of approximately 0.1% to approximately 4.0% by weight of the confectionery product, and
- wherein the stain removal ingredient does not include an oxidizing agent.
A confectionery product, comprising:
- a compressed tablet consisting essentially of:
- a stain removal ingredient having a general formula (I):
- Na(n+2)PnO(3n+1) (I),
- wherein n is 13 or 21;
- at least one sweetener;
- and
- a food grade citric acid,
- wherein the stain removal ingredient of formula (I) is in an amount of 4-10% by weight, and does not include an oxidizing agent, and the food grade citric acid is in an amount of 0.1-1.5% by weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.