Method of making coated chewing gum products containing various antacids

A method of making antacid coated chewing gum products comprising the steps of:

• a) providing chewing gum cores;
• b) providing a coating syrup comprising:
• i) a bulk sweetener and
• ii) a neutralizing antacid having a median particle size of at least about 3 microns and being suspended in the coating syrup, the coating syrup containing from about 25% to about 50% by weight of the solids in the syrup of the neutralizing antacid, the neutralizing antacid being selected from the group consisting of aluminum salts, bismuth salts, magnesium salts, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sodium potassium tartrate, tricalcium phosphate and mixtures thereof;
• c) providing a dry charge material comprising a bulk sweetener;
• and
• d) applying the coating syrup and dry charge material to the chewing gum cores to produce a coating on the cores.

A method of delivering an antacid to an individual that provides relief in the gastrointestinal tract comprising the steps of:

• a) providing chewing gum cores;
• b) providing a coating syrup comprising:
• i) a bulk sweetener and
• ii) a neutralizing antacid suspended in the coating syrup, the coating syrup containing from about 25% to about 50% by weight of the solids in the syrup of the neutralizing antacid, the neutralizing antacid being selected from the group consisting of aluminum salts, bismuth salts, magnesium salts, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sodium potassium tartrate, tricalcium phosphate and mixtures thereof;
• c) applying the coating syrup to the cores and drying the syrup to produce a coating on the cores;
• and
• d) chewing the antacid coated chewing gum product in the mouth and swallowing the coating, the coating dispersing and dissolving to provide an antacid in the gastrointestinal tract.