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US 7,521,074 B2Granted
Method for producing compressed chewing gum tablets
AssigneeGumlink A/S
InventorsRikke Mikkelsen, Kaj Hovhave Nielsen, Niels Ravn Schmidt, Per Henrik Ertebjerg Christensen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing chewing gum granules. The method comprises at least the steps of feeding a gum composition including at least gum base into an extruder (2), pressurizing the gum composition in the extruder, extruding the gum composition through a die plate (5), and cutting the extruded gum composition in a liquid filled chamber (4) so that the cut gum granules have weights per granule in the range of 0.0001 g to 0.008 g.
Claims18
A method for producing chewing gum products, which method comprises at least the steps of:
- feeding a gum composition including at least gum base into an extruder,
- pressurizing the gum composition in the extruder,
- extruding the gum composition through a die plate,
- cutting the extruded gum composition in a liquid filled chamber, said cutting producing gum granules of weights per granule in the range of 0.0001 g to 0.008 g,
- mixing the extruded gum granules with one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of flavours, bulk sweeteners, intense sweeteners, colouring agents, fillers, nutrients, pharmaceuticals, and tabletting aids,
- conveying the extruded and cut granules mixed with said one or more ingredients to a tablet pressing apparatus, and then
- compressing at least said gum granules into compressed chewing gum tablets.
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