Oral care confections and method of using
AssigneeCadbury Adams USA LLC
InventorsShiuh John Luo, Lucy Lee Wong
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a method for providing dental hygiene which method employs a low moisture chewing gum or confectionery product containing as active ingredients, a combination of sodium bicarbonate and casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate. The invention also concerns the chewing gums and confectionery products that can provide dental health benefits and methods for their preparation.
Claims6
A method for providing a dental hygiene effect which method comprises placing a low moisture confection other than chewing gum in an individual's oral cavity, said confection, comprising:
- (a) from about 10% to about 95% by weight confectionery base,
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of sodium bicarbonate, and,
- (c) from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of CPP-ACP wherein the sodium bicarbonate and CPP-ACP are kept separate from each other until the confection is chewed;
- and, chewing the low moisture confection for a time sufficient to provide said dental hygiene effect.
A candy confection other than chewing gum comprising
- (a) from about 10% to about 95% by weight confectionery base,
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of sodium bicarbonate, and,
- (c) from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of CPP-ACP said sodium bicarbonate and said CPP-ACP being separate from each other.
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