Method for applying sugarless coating to chewing gum and confections
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsSubraman R. Cherukuri, Dominick R. Friello
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Abstract
An improved method for applying a sugarless coating containing sorbitol to chewing gum pieces and confections by using a single coating syrup containing sorbitol and/or other non-sugar sweetener, an adhesion or binder component, such as gum arabic, a filler-anti-stick component, such as calcium carbonate, and a dispersing agent, such as titanium dioxide.
Claims13
A method for preparing a sugarless coated chewing gum or candy, which comprises the steps of applying to center portions of said chewing gum or candy a coating syrup comprising an aqueous solution of from about 30 to about 70% by weight of a normally sweet non-sugar hygroscopic material selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, isomaltitol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate and mixtures thereof, from about 5 to about 30% by weight of a binder, from about 3 to about 15% by weight of an anti-sticking compound, and from about 2 to about 12% by weight of a dispersing agent and applying to said so-treated center portions a coating dusting mix comprising said normally sweet non-sugar hygroscopic material in dry form, at least a portion of said dry hygroscopic material being absorbed on the coating syrup applied to said center portions to form a coating on said center portions.
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