Process for reducing the stickiness of a chewing gum core composition to a surface of a processing machinery using isomaltulose

A process for intentionally reducing the stickiness of a composition of a chewing gum core to an internal contact surface of a first chewing gum processing machinery in a chewing gum preparation process comprising the following steps:

• a) providing isomaltulose in an amount suitable to reduce stickiness of the composition to the surface;
• b) providing a chewing gum base composition;
• and
• c) mixing the isomaltulose provided in step a) with the chewing gum base composition provided in step b) and obtaining an isomaltulose-containing composition of a chewing gum core,
• wherein step c) is carried out on the internal contact surface of the first chewing gum processing machinery and wherein the stickiness is reduced in comparison to an amount equivalent maltitol-containing composition of a chewing gum core, to an amount equivalent sorbitol-containing composition of a chewing gum core and/or to an amount equivalent maltitol-sorbitol-mixture-containing composition of a chewing gum core.

A process for preparing a chewing gum core, the process comprising:

• providing a chewing gum base composition;
• providing isomaltulose in an amount suitable to reduce a stickiness of the chewing gum base composition;
• and
• mixing the isomaltulose and the chewing gum base composition to obtain an isomaltulose-containing chewing gum core,
• wherein the mixing is carried out on a first surface of a first chewing gum processing machinery, the first surface being an internal contact surface and
• wherein the stickiness is reduced in comparison to an amount equivalent maltitol-containing composition of a chewing gum core, to an amount equivalent sorbitol-containing composition of a chewing gum core and/or to an amount equivalent maltitol-sorbitol-mixture-containing composition of a chewing gum core.