Long-lasting mint-flavored chewing gum
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsDonald A. M. Mackay, Frank Witzel, Basant K. Dwivedi, Daniel Schoenholz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A mint-flavored chewing gum which contains a water-insoluble gum base, sugars, flavoring and, the free acid form of saccharin, in particulate form, dispersed in the insoluble gum base. The particulate artificial sweetener, undergoes controlled release from the gum base for relatively long periods, for example, for 30 minutes or more, at a concentration below the bitter threshold, so that the chewing gum delivers a sweet taste during such time unaccompanied by a metallic or bitter aftertaste.
Claims5
A flavored chewing gum having a prolonged sweet taste comprising gum base, the free acid form of saccharin dispersed in said gum base, and flavoring, said free acid form of saccharin being present in an amount of from about 0.05 to about 0.5% by weight of the chewing gum and further including from about 0.05 to about 90% by weight of one or more water-soluble sweetening agents at least one of which is sucrose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.