Fast flavor release coating for confectionery
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsJames C. Clark, Chungsea A. Shen
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Abstract
A confectionery product has an outer dry powder coating layer that includes a flavor encapsulated with a water-soluble encapsulant. The encapsulated flavor, being included in the outermost coating of the product, is immediately released when the product is placed in the mouth, giving a very quick initial flavor impact.
Claims40
A coated confectionery product comprising:
- a) a confectionery center;
- and
- b) a powder coating layer on the center, the powder coating layer comprising
- i) a flavor encapsulated in a water-soluble encapsulant, and
- ii) the outermost layer of the product.
A confectionery product comprising:
- a) a compressed product center comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol and mixtures thereof;
- ii) a lubricant;
- and
- iii) flavor, including menthol and a physiological cooling agent;
- b) a binder layer covering the product center comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugars, polyols and mixtures thereof, and
- ii) a binder selected from the group consisting of gum arabic, gum talha and mixtures thereof;
- and
- c) a powder coating layer covering the binder layer, the powder coating comprising
- i) a spray dried flavor;
- ii) a high-intensity sweetener;
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- iii) a bulk sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugars, polyols and mixtures thereof.
A method of producing a powder coated confectionery product comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a center;
- b) forming a binder layer over the center by applying a liquid syrup;
- and
- c) applying a powder coating over the binder layer, the powder coating comprising a flavor encapsulated in a water-soluble encapsulant.
38 The method of claim 32 wherein the powder coating comprises about 50% to about 90% dry bulk sweetener and about 10% to about 49% spray dried flavor.
The method of claim 38 wherein the powder coating further comprises about 1% to about 5% dry high-intensity sweetener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.