Long-lasting flavored chewing gum including chalk-free gum base
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsDonald A. M. Mackay, K. Warren Clark, Frank Witzel, Daniel Schoenholz
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Abstract
A flavored chewing gum is provided which contains a water-insoluble chalk-free gum base, a slowly or poorly extractable or poorly water-soluble sweetener in particulate form, such as the free acid form of saccharin or free cyclamic acid, and optionally, a slowly or poorly extractable or poorly water-soluble food acid in particulate form, for example, fumaric acid, dispersed in the gum base. The particulate sweetener and food acid (where present) undergo controlled release from the gum base for relatively long periods during which time the chewing gum delivers a sweet taste unaccompanied by a metallic or bitter after-taste.
Claims37
A flavored chewing gum having a prolonged sweet taste comprising a substantially chalk-free gum base, and from about 0.02 to about 2.5% by weight of a particulate slowly extractable sweetener, said sweetener comprising free acid form of saccharin, free cyclamic acid or mixtures thereof, dispersed in said chalk-free gum base, said gum base containing less than 5% by weight calcium carbonate.
Chewing gum base containing poorly extractable particulate sweetener dispersed therein comprising the free acid form of saccharin, free cyclamic acid or mixtures thereof, said base containing less than 5% by weight calcium carbonate, said sweetener being present in a weight ratio of gum base within the range of from about 1:4 to about 1:2500.
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