Chewing gum product with encapsulated bicarbonate and flavorant ingredients
AssigneeChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.
InventorRegina Miskewitz
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Abstract
The present invention provides a chewing gum product which has a content of one or more therapeutic ingredients for improved dental health. In one embodiment a present invention chewing gum product has a content of ingredients which include a gum base, dispersed particles of organic-encapsulated sodium bicarbonate, and a bulking sweetener. The sodium bicarbonate ingredient is a novel composition of particles having a co-encapsulated content of a flavorant ingredient.
Claims51
A chewing gum product comprising between about 15-80 weight percent of a gum base, between about 5-70 weight percent of a water-soluble bulking ingredient, and between about 1-30 weight percent of dispersed particles of an organic-encapsulated alkali metal bicarbonate ingredient;
- wherein the encapsulated particles comprise a metal bicarbonate crystallite core matrix having between about 0.1-25 weight percent of a flavorant ingredient adsorbed on the crystallite surface, based on the core matrix weight, and the core matrix of crystallite and adsorbed flavorant is surface-coated with a film-forming organic encapsulant.
A chewing gum product comprising (1) between about 15-80 weight percent of a gum base;
- (2) between about 1-30 weight percent of dispersed particles of an organic-encapsulated alkali metal bicarbonate ingredient, wherein the encapsulated particles comprise an alkali metal bicarbonate crystallite core matrix having between about 0.1-25 weight percent of a flavorant ingredient adsorbed on the crystallite surface, based on the core matrix weight, and the core matrix of crystallite and adsorbed flavorant is surface-coated with a film-forming organic encapsulant;
- (3) between about 0-25 weight percent of alkali metal bicarbonate powder ingredient;
- (4) between about 5-70 weight percent of a water-soluble bulking ingredient;
- (5) between about 0-0.2 weight percent of a colorant ingredient;
- (6) between about 0-20 weight percent of an abrasive ingredient;
- (7) between about 0-3 weight percent of a surfactant ingredient;
- (8) between about 0-3 weight percent of a fluoridating ingredient;
- and (9) between about 0-15 weight percent of glycerin or lecithin or a mixture thereof.
A chewing gum product comprising between about 15-80 weight percent of a gum base, between about 5-70 weight percent of a water-soluble bulking ingredient, and between about 1-30 weight percent of dispersed particles of an organic-encapsulated alkali metal bicarbonate ingredient;
- wherein the encapsulated particles comprise an alkali metal bicarbonate crystallite core matrix having a surface-coating of an encapsulant comprising a blend of a film-forming organic ingredient and between about 0.1-25 weight percent of a flavorant ingredient, based on the encapsulant weight.
An encapsulated bicarbonate powder composition comprising particles which are comprised of an alkali metal bicarbonate crystallite core matrix having between about 0.1-25 weight percent of a flavorant ingredient adsorbed on the crystallite surface, based on the core matrix weight, and the core matrix of crystallite and adsorbed flavorant is surface-coated with a film-forming organic encapsulant.
An encapsulated bicarbonate powder composition comprising particles which are comprised of an alkali metal bicarbonate crystallite core matrix having a surface-coating of an encapsulant comprising a blend of a film-forming organic ingredient and between about 0.1-25 weight percent of a flavorant ingredient, based on the encapsulant weight.
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