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US 2003/0118628 A1Published application
Confectionery product having a salivation region and an oral comfort region
OwnerNurhan Pinar Tutuncu, Sonia Hartunian-Sowa +3inventors
InventorsNurhan Pinar Tutuncu, Sonia Hartunian-Sowa, Julie A. Bratton, Kevin J. Stanton, Jean Lee
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Abstract
A confectionery product for relief of drymouth is disclosed having a salivation region and a separate and distinct oral comfort region. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the confections of the invention.
Claims21
A confectionery product comprising:
- (i) a salivation region comprising a salivation agent in an amount effective to aid in the stimulation of the flow of saliva in an oral cavity and a salivation region confectionery base;
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- (ii) an oral comfort region that is separate and distinct from said salivation region, said oral comfort region comprising an oral comfort ingredient in an amount effective to lubricate, coat or moisten said oral cavity and an oral comfort region confectionery base.
A method of preparing a confectionery product having a salivation region and oral comfort region that is separate and distinct from said salivation region, said method comprising the steps of:
- (i) mixing a salivation region with a salivation region confectionery base to form a salivation agent containing confectionery base;
- (ii) mixing an oral comfort ingredient with a oral comfort region confectionery base to form a oral comfort ingredient containing confectionery base;
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- (iii) forming said confectionery product with said salivation agent containing confectionery base and said oral comfort ingredient containing confectionery base in a manner that maintains said salivation agent containing confectionery base and said oral comfort ingredient containing confectionery base in separate and distinct regions of said confectionery product.
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A method for treating xerostomia, which comprises:
- introducing into the oral cavity a confectionery product containing a confectionery base, a salivation agent concentrated in one region of said product, and an oral comfort ingredient concentrated in a separate region of said product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.