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US 2014/0271985 A1Published application
Chewing gum snacks; and methods of making thereof
OwnerFrancis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew +2inventors
InventorsFrancis Amoako-Poku, Susan Pettigrew, Doris Tancredi, Zi Yang
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are chewing gum snack products having multi-sensorial attributes of flavor, texture, and visual appeal which provides a snack-like quality at the initial stage of chewing that then transitions to chewing gum-like qualities at later stages of chewing.
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A multi-textured chewing gum snack product, comprising:
- a.) a chewing gum composition portion and a confectionery composition portion, the chewing gum composition portion having a different texture than the confectionery composition portion;
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- b.) a first chewing gum composition portion and a second chewing gum composition portion, the first chewing gum composition portion having a different composition and different texture than the second chewing gum composition portion;
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- the multi-textured chewing gum snack product has a candy-like impression rating upon initial chewing that is at least 20 points greater than a candy-like impression rating of a chewing gum slab based on a scale of 0 to 100 as measured by descriptive analysis using the Quantitative Descriptive Analysis method.
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