Chewing gum composition and method of shaping chewing gum in a 3d printer
AssigneeWacker Chemie AG
InventorsThomas WIMMER, Martin SEIZL, Dominik WIHR
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Abstract
The invention relates to a chewing gum composition comprising, calculated as dry weight, 30-60 wt. % maltitol, 5 −30 wt. % mannitol, 5-25 wt. % polyvinylacetate, 1-15 wt. % vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, 0.5-5 wt. % gelling agent, 1-7 wt. % of at least one emulsifier. 0.1 ) wt. % trisectine and 1-10 wt. % fat, and with respect to the total weight of the chewing gum composition 4-15 wt. % water. The invention also relates to a print method in which said chewing gum composition is heated in cartridge in a heated print head and thus a three-dimensional object is printed in layers.
Claims9
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, wherein the chewing gum composition contains, based on dry matter, 15-30% by weight of maltitol, 10-25% by w eight of mannitol. 12-25% by weight of polyvinyl acetate, 3-15% by weight of vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, 2-4% by weight of gelling agent. 2-6% by weight of at least one emulsifier, 1-3% by weight of triacetin and 2-8% by weight of fat and also, based on the total weight of the chewing gum composition, 4-15% by weight of water.
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, wherein the polyvinyl acetate has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 10,000 to 60,000, preferably 15,000 to 50,000.
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl laurate-vinyl acetate copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight Mw of 50,000 to 600,000, particularly preferably 100,000 to 400,000.
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, wherein the fat is an animal fat or a vegetable fat or oil.
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, wherein the gelling agent is selected from the group consisting of gelatine, alginates, carrageenan, cellulose derivative, pectin and modified starch.
The chewing gum composition of claim 1, further containing 1-45% by weight of isomaltulose based on dry matter.
A method for producing a printing composition of the chewing gum composition of claim 1, comprising:
- dissolving polyols by adding water with heating;
- adding emulsifiers and a fat to form a composition;
- heating the composition to a temperature of 125-145° C. to boil;
- adding a PVAc and a VA-VL copolymer and mixing to form a homogenous mixture;
- cooling the homogeneously mixture to 80-110° C.;
- stirring in a pre-swollen gelling agent dissolved in water;
- and optionally,
- adding aromas customary in the confectionary sector, food acids and colorings, sweeteners, and humectants.
A method for printing the chewing gum composition of claim 1, comprising:
- heating the chewing gum composition in a cartridge in a heated printing head:
- and
- printing a three-dimensional object in layers.
A chewing gum composition containing:
- 5-50% by weight of maltitol, 5-30% by weight of mannitol 5-25% by weight of polyvinyl acetate, 1-15% by weight of vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, 0.5-5% by weight of gelling agent, 1 -7% by weight of at least one emulsifier, 0.1 -3% by weight of triacetin and 1-10% by weight of fat, based on dry matter, 4-15% by weight of water, based on the total weight of the chewing gum composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.