Tobacco-flavored chewing gum
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsGary Kehoe, Wayne J. Puglia, Frank Witzel, Dominick R. Friello, Donald A. M. Mackay
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Abstract
A tobacco-flavored chewing gum is provided which does not decrease in viscosity upon chewing inasmuch as it is preferably essentially free of water-solubles, and includes gum base containing high levels of inert fillers, such as calcium carbonate or talc in amounts of at least about 50% by weight, softeners, such as lecithin, synthetic non-caloric sweeteners, such as aspartame, saccharin or cyclamates, and tobacco flavors and/or natural tobacco. The chewing gum includes at least about 10% air voids entrapped in the gum base matrix which, upon chewing, become filled with moisture causing a dramatic increase in cud volume.
Claims12
A tobacco-flavored chewing gum which simulates chewing tobacco, comprising gum base, from about 50 to about 95% by weight of a substantially calorie-free inert filler or texturizing agent dispersed in said gum base, said filler or texturizing agent being selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide, alumina, magnesium carbonate, talc, aluminum silicates, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium trisilicate, magnesium hydroxide, cellulose and mixtures thereof, said gum base including at least 10% air voids entrapped in the gum base matrix, which, upon chewing, become filled with moisture, and tobacco flavoring mixed with said gum base, said chewing gum also containing from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of a synthetic sweetener or from about 30 to about 80% by weight of a natural sweetener.
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