Liquid-filled chewing gum and method
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsFrank Witzel, Wayne J. Puglia, K. Warren Clark, Donald A. M. Mackay
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Abstract
A liquid-filled chewing gum is provided which releases relatively large amounts of liquid sweetener and/or flavor into the oral cavity. The liquid-filled chewing gum includes a solid phase and a liquid phase, the solid phase includes a gum base matrix including a network of voids or pockets laced throughout the matrix, and the liquid phase includes a liquid sweetener and/or flavor composition, such as a sweetener-flavor solution, retained in the voids or pockets, and surrounded by gum base. Upon chewing, the liquid sweetener and flavor are released into the oral cavity. A method is also provided for forming the liquid-filled chewing gum.
Claims23
A liquid-filled chewing gum having prolonged sweetness including a water-insoluble solid phase and a liquid phase, said solid phase comprising a gum base matrix formed of a plurality of masses of gum base which are bound together by water-soluble binder, said gum base matrix including a network of voids or pockets laced throughout said masses, and said liquid phase comprising a liquid composition which is a member selected from the group consisting of a liquid sweetener solution, a flavor solution and mixtures thereof, retained in said voids or pockets, and surrounded by gum base, whereby upon chewing of said liquid-filled chewing gum, said liquid composition is released into the oral cavity.
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