Breath freshening comestible product
AssigneeNabisco, Inc.
InventorsRonald D'Amelia, Joseph Bell, Walter Hopkins, Saul Scheinbach, Jack Homcy, Martin Cole
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Abstract
A comestible product which includes inulin, a polyol and a divalent zinc or copper compound which effectively controls breath malodor.
Claims12
A comestible product which comprises a product selected from the group consisting of a tablet, a pressed tablet, a lozenge, a hard candy, and a chewy candy which includes between about 40% and about 95% inulin, between about 5% and about 60% polyol selected from the group consisting of mannitol, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol, a hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, hydrogenated glucose, a hydrogenated disaccharide, a hydrogenated polysaccharide and mixtures thereof, between about 0.1% and about 5% lubricant and binding agent and between about 0.02% and about 0.3% divalent zinc or copper compound, said percentages being by weight, based on the total weight of the product.
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