Chewing gum with a rolling compound containing erythritol
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsHenry T. Tyrpin, Kevin B. Broderick, Robert J. Yatka
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Abstract
A chewing gum product is provided with a rolling compound containing erythritol and an anticaking agent, such as talc. The angle of repose of the rolling compound is less than 30.degree.. Preferably the rolling compound comprises about 40% to about 95% erythritol, about 0.5% to about 10% anticaking agent and about 4.5% to about 50% of another polyol selected from the group consisting of maltitol, lactitol, mannitol and xylitol.
Claims20
A chewing gum product having a core portion comprising chewable gum base, sweetener and flavoring and further having on the surface of said core portion a powdered rolling compound comprising about 40% to about 95% erythritol and about 3% to about 8% anticaking agent.
A method of producing a chewing gum product comprising the steps of:
- a) producing a chewing gum composition comprising chewable gum base, sweetener and flavoring;
- b) providing a rolling compound comprising about 40% to about 95% erythritol and about 3% to about 8% anticaking agent;
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- c) shaping portions of said chewing gum composition into gum pieces while using said rolling compound to coat the surface of said gum pieces.
A chewing gum product having a core portion comprising chewable gum base, sweetener and flavoring and further having on the surface of said core portion a powdered rolling compound comprising about 40% to about 95% erythritol treated so as to also contain about 3% to about 8% of an anticaking agent so that the rolling compound has an angle of repose of about 30.degree. or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.