Confectionery composition, article, method, and apparatus
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsVesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao
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Abstract
A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.
Claims53
A multi-region chewing gum confection comprising:
- a) a first region comprising a chewing gum composition;
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- b) a second region comprising a confectionery composition comprising a solid phase and a liquid phase, at least a major portion of the solid phase being surrounded by the liquid phase, the solid phase comprising a plurality of solid particulates, and the liquid phase comprising a mixture of a liquid and a diffusion controller.
A multi-region chewing gum confection comprising:
- a) a first, confectionery region comprising
- about 76 to about 94% by weight of solid particulates, and
- about 6 to about 24% by weight of a diffusion controller sol comprising
- about 4 to about 12% by weight of a liquid, and
- about 2 to about 12% by weight of a diffusion controller,
- wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the first, confectionery region and wherein the first, confectionery region has a first moisture content before processing, a second moisture content during processing, and a third moisture content after processing;
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- b) a second, chewing gum region comprising a chewing gum composition.
A method of forming a multi-region chewing gum confection comprising
- a) blending
- about 76 to about 94% by weight of solid particulates, and
- about 6 to about 24% by weight of a diffusion controller sol comprising
- about 4 to about 12% by weight of a liquid, and
- about 2 to about 12% by weight of a diffusion controller
- to form a confectionery composition;
- wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the confectionery composition;
- b) forming the confectionery composition into a confectionery layer;
- and
- c) applying the confectionery layer to an edible substrate comprising a chewing gum composition.
An apparatus for forming a multi-region chewing gum confection comprising
- means for blending
- about 76 to about 94% by weight of a solid particulate, and
- about 6 to about 24% by weight of a diffusion controller sol comprising
- about 4 to about 12% by weight of a liquid, and
- about 2 to about 12% by weight of a diffusion controller
- to form a confectionery composition;
- wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the confectionery composition;
- means for forming the confectionery composition into a confectionery layer;
- and
- means for applying the confectionery layer to an edible substrate comprising a chewing gum composition.
Apparatus for forming a multi-region chewing gum confection comprising:
- a) an extrusion assembly comprising a first extrusion means for extruding an edible substrate comprising a chewing gum composition;
- b) a second extrusion means for extruding a confectionery composition into a layer or region in contact with the edible substrate to form a confectionery material intermediate product;
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- c) means for reducing the amount of water in the confectionery material intermediate product to form the multi-region chewing gum confection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.