Stabilized chewing gum containing acidified humectant
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsSteven P. Synosky, Charles P. Orfan, John W. Foster
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Abstract
Aspartame in chewing gum is stabilized by acidifying the humectant which is then added to the chewing gum. Enough food acid is added to the humectant to cause the pH of the humectant to remain between about 3.0-5.0, in order to create the most stable environment for the aspartame. Because the acidified humectant is dispersed substantially uniformly throughout the chewing gum, aspartame located anywhere in the gum is stabilized.
Claims31
A method of preparing a chewing gum composition which comprises a water-soluble bulk portion, a chewing gum base portion, one or more flavoring agents and aspartame, comprising the steps of:
- dissolving a quantity of food acid in water to form an aqueous food acid solution;
- mixing enough aqueous food acid solution with humectant to form an acidified humectant solution having a pH below 5.0;
- and
- mixing the acidified humectant solution with the other chewing gum ingredients until the acidified humectant solution becomes thoroughly dispersed throughout the chewing gum composition.
A chewing gum, comprising:
- a water soluble bulk portion;
- a chewing gum base portion;
- one or more flavoring agents;
- aspartame;
- and
- an acidified humectant solution containing a mixture of humectant and an aqueous food acid solution, and having a pH of about 3.0 to below 5.0;
- wherein the acidified humectant solution is thoroughly dispersed throughout the chewing gum composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.