Biodegradable gum base
AssigneeTate & Lyle Public Limited Company
InventorAnders Södergård
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a chewing gum, including a gum base and at least one other conventional chewing gum component, said chewing gum including as gum base at least one branched polymer mainly based on biodegradable and/or hydrolyzable ester groups.
Claims12
A chewing gum, comprising a gum base and at least one other conventional chewing gum component, said gum base comprising at least one branched polymer including at least one of biodegradable and hydrolyzable ester groups, wherein the branched polymer is either based on at least one cyclic ester, cyclic carbonate or cyclic amide by ring-opening polymerization or is made from at least one of diol/diacid combinations, hydroxy acids and amino acids by polycondensation.
A chewing gum, comprising a gum base and at least one chewing gum additive, said chewing gum additive comprising at least one branched polymer including at least one of biodegradable and hydrolyzable ester groups, wherein the branched polymer is either based on at least one cyclic ester, cyclic carbonate or cyclic amide by ring-opening polymerization or is made from at least one of diol/diacid combinations, hydroxy acids and amino acids by polycondensation.
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