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US 2017/0360865 A1Published application
Soft Chewable Compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMaria Delores Martinez Serna Villagran, Rajesh K. Bund, James Hepp, Erin Nicole Swigart, Valerie Naughton
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Abstract
A soft chewable composition containing psyllium. The soft chewable composition can have from about 1% to about 55% psyllium and have a Hardness Parameter of greater than about 300 gf at a water activity of about 0.80 and less than about 10,000 gf at a water activity of about 0.50 as measured by the Texture Profile Analysis Method.
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A soft chewable composition comprising:
- from about 1% to about 55% psyllium, by weight of the composition;
- wherein the soft chewable composition has a Hardness Parameter of greater than about 300 gf at a water activity of about 0.80 and less than about 10,000 gf at a water activity of about 0.50 as measured by the Texture Profile Analysis Method.
A method of making a soft chewable composition comprising:
- a. preparing a syrup pre-mixture comprising a humectant component and a carbohydrate;
- b. heating the syrup pre-mixture to form a cooked syrup pre-mixture;
- c. adding a processing aid to the cooked syrup pre-mixture and mixing until the processing aid is melted;
- d. adding psyllium to the cooked syrup pre-mixture and mixing to form a final mixture;
- e. optionally heating the final mixture to a temperature required to obtain a desired solids content;
- f. forming the final mixture into a soft chewable composition;
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- g. optionally post-processing the soft chewable composition.
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