Triple coated confectionery tablet product
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsJames C. Clark, Lonnette Alexander, Barbara Z. Stawski, Vasek J. Kures
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Abstract
A coated confectionary tablet product has a compressed tablet center; a first coating layer surrounding the tablet and comprising a fat; a second coating layer surrounding the first coating layer and comprising a hard shell made from one or more sugars and polyols; and a third coating layer surrounding the second coating layer and comprising a film containing film forming agents.
Claims35
A coated confectionary tablet product comprising:
- a) a compressed tablet center;
- b) a first coating layer surrounding the tablet center and comprising a fat;
- c) a second coating layer surrounding the first coating layer and comprising a hard shell made from one or more sugars and polyols;
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- d) a third coating layer surrounding the second coating layer and comprising a film containing film forming agents.
A multilayer coated confectionary product comprising:
- a) a center;
- b) a first layer covering the center, the first layer comprising a compound coating;
- c) a second layer covering the first layer, the second layer comprising a hard shell coating;
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- d) a third layer covering the second layer, the third layer comprising a film layer.
A confectionary product comprising:
- a) a compressed tablet center comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol and mixtures thereof;
- ii) a lubricant;
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- iii) flavor, including menthol and a physiological cooling agent;
- b) a first binder layer covering the tablet center comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugar, sorbitol and mixtures thereof and
- ii) a binder selected from the group consisting of gum arabic, modified starch and mixtures thereof;
- c) a soft compound coating layer covering the first binder layer, the soft compound coating comprising
- i) a fat;
- ii) a milk powder;
- iii) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol and mixtures thereof;
- iv) lecithin;
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- v) flavor, including menthol and a physiological cooling agent;
- d) a second binder layer covering the compound coating layer comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugar, sorbitol and mixtures thereof and
- ii) a binder selected from the group consisting of gum arabic, modified starch and mixtures thereof;
- e) a hard shell coating covering the second binder layer, the hard shell coating comprising
- i) a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol and mixture thereof;
- ii) modified starch;
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- iii) flavor, including a high-intensity coolant;
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- f) a film coating covering the hard shell layer, the film coating comprising
- i) a film forming agent selected from the group consisting of celluloses, starches, maltodextrins, gums and mixtures thereof;
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- ii) flavor, including menthol.
A method of producing a multilayer confectionary product comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a center
- b) forming a compound coating layer over the center by applying multiple coats of a molten compound coating over the center, with cooling between coats to solidify the compound coating;
- c) applying a hard shell coating over the compound coating layer by panning the compound coated center by applying multiple coats of a panning syrup comprising a sugar, a polyol or mixtures thereof;
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- d) applying a film coating over the hard shell coating layer by applying multiple coats of a syrup containing one or more film forming agents.
A multilayer confectionary product that builds in flavor intensity as the product dissolves in the mouth comprising:
- a) a film layer that provides a mild flavor impact;
- b) a hard shell coating under the film layer and providing a higher flavor impact than the film layer;
- c) a compound coating layer under the hard shell coating and providing a higher flavor impact than the hard shell coating;
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- d) a tablet center inside the compound coating layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.