# US 5,017,385 A · Chewing gum > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,017,385 A - Document ID: US5017385A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/438,556 - Filed: 1989-11-17 - Granted: 1991-05-21 - Earliest claimed: 1988-11-25 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Horst P. Wienecke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5017385A ## CPC - A23G 3/54: Composite products, e.g. layered, coated, filled - A23G 4/046: {with a centre made of chewing gum} - A23G 4/06: characterised by the composition {containing organic or inorganic compounds} - A23G 4/064: {containing inorganic compounds} - A23G 4/126: {containing vitamins, antibiotics} - A23G 4/20: Composite products, e.g. centre-filled {, multi-layer, laminated} - A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs - A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF - A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION ## Abstract A sugar-free or sugar-based chewing gum candy product having improved organoleptic properties and which comprises a matrix of confectionary ingredients having distributed therein multiple discrete regions of a chewing gum composition together with multiple discrete regions of a hardboiled candy composition. The chewing gum candy product displays novel organoleptic properties together with enhanced flavor and sweetness impact. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A chewing gum candy product having improved organoleptic properties and which comprises a matrix of confectionary ingredients having distributed therein multiple discrete regions of a chewing gum composition together with multiple discrete regions of a hardboiled candy composition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A product according to claim 1 wherein the matrix has a laminate structure comprising multiple alternate layers of the chewing gum composition and of the hardboiled candy composition. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A product according to claim 2 wherein the matrix is additionally enveloped within a coating of a second hardboiled candy composition, said first and second hardboiled candy compositions being either the same or different to one another. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A product according to claim 3 wherein the chewing gum composition comprises one or more natural or synthetic elastomers optionally together with one or more solvents, plasticizers, fillers, flavoring agents, colouring agents and/or sweetening agents. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A product according to claim 4 wherein the first and second hardboiled candy compositions comprises one or more sugar alcohols, optionally together with one or more flavoring agents, colouring agents and/or natural or artificial sweetening agents. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A product according to claim 5 wherein the chewing gum composition and the first hardboiled candy composition are in a weight ratio of from about 5:1 to about 1:5, preferably from about 2:1 to about 1:2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A product according to claim 6 comprising from about 12% to about 60% by weight of chewing gum composition, from about 12% to about 60% of first hardboiled candy composition and from about 5% to about 40% of second hardboiled candy composition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A product according to claim 7 wherein the first and/or second hardboiled candy composition additionally comprises an active ingredient selected from oral health agents, high impact aromatic flavoring agents, mineral supplements, vitamins, antibacterial agents, anti-tussive agents and the like. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A product according to claim 8 wherein the active ingredient is a fluoride anticaries agent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A candy product according to claim 9 adapted for sequential release of active ingredients and which comprises a combination of mutually-incompatible biologically-active ingredients separately incorporated within the chewing gum composition and the first or second hardboiled candy composition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A product according to claim 10 adapted for anticaries or remineralization treatment of dental enamel wherein the chewing gum composition comprises a source of calcium ions and the first or second hardboiled is a sugar-free candy composition comprising a source of fluoride ions and/or a source of phosphate ions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A process for making a chewing gum candy product according to claim 1 comprising the steps of forming a rope of the first hardboiled candy composition and having a centre-filling of the chewing gum composition, the temperature of the rope being no more than about 55.degree. C. in case of sugar-free compositions and no more than about 85.degree. C. in case of sugar-based compositions, accumulating the rope and drawing the accumulated rope through compacting means to form a skein of centre-filled ropes, folding or repeatedly folding the skein of centre-filled ropes to form a laminated matrix, optionally enveloping the laminated matrix within a layer of the second hardboiled candy composition, and forming the laminated and optionally enveloped matrix into the final chewing gum candy product. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A process according to claim 12 wherein the skein of centrefilled ropes is folded or repeatedly folded no more than 4 times, whereby the final product is a crisp chewable candy product having immediate "bite-through" chewing characteristics. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A process according to claim 12 wherein the skein of centrefilled ropes is repeatedly folded at least 10 times, whereby the final product is a hard candy product which develops "bite-through" chewing characteristics only after a delay period within the oral cavity.