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US 6,846,500 B1Granted
Oral care chewing gums and method of use
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 chewing gum in the oral cavity comprising:
- (a) from about 10% to about 95% by weight gum base;
- and,
- (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 chewing;
- and,
- chewing the low moisture chewing gum for a time sufficient to provide said dental hygiene effect.
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A low moisture chewing gum comprising
- (a) from about 10% to about 95% by weight gum base;
- and,
- (b) from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of sodium bicarbonated;
- and,
- (c) from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of CPP-ACP, said sodium bicarbonate and said CPP-ACP component being separated from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.