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US 8,574,643 B2Granted
Transparent confectionery product
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorVibeke Nissen
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AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorVibeke Nissen
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The invention relates to a confectionery product comprising at least one transparent module (TM) and at least one form stable support module (SM) and where said transparent module comprises gum base. By applying a transparent gum base comprising module, also referred throughout the application as a transparent module (TM), a whole new experience is present for the consumer. In some embodiments the confectionery may act and feel like an ordinary confectionery from the moment it is placed in the mouth but at the same time it gives the consumer an advantageous visual impression prior to placing it in the mouth.
Confectionery product comprising at least one transparent module (TM) and at least one support module (SM), wherein said support module (SM) is rigid, elastic or flexible,
Confectionery product according to claim1, wherein at least one pharmaceutically, cosmetically or biologically active ingredient is added to said transparent module (TM).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Sweetmeats, confectionery or marzipan; Processes for the preparation thereof: characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. products…
Characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. products with supported structure: composite products, e.g. layered, coated, filled
Characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds: of the chewing gum base
Chewing gum: characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. aerated products
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This application claims priority to PCT application Serial. No. PCT/DK2006/000233, Nissen, filed Apr. 28, 2006.
The invention relates to the field of confectionery according to claim 1.
The invention relates to a confectionery product having visually improved performance in the sense that at least a part of the product is visually transparent to a degree which is suitable for the purpose.
The invention will now be described with reference to the drawings where
FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-section of a two-module embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-section of a two-module embodiment of the present invention with integrated elements IE,
Some structural properties of different confectionery products of the invention will be disclosed and explained in the initial part of the detailed description. The content and properties of the different modules of the different principle components of embodiments of the invention will be described subsequently.
FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of an embodiment of the invention, wherein a support module SM supports a transparent module TM of a confectionery product. The support module SM may e.g. include any of the support modules SM disclosed and explained in the examples of this document. The transparent module TM may comprise e.g. flavor or anything else as disclosed in this document.
The support module SM comprises a confectionery module which in this context comprises chewing gum formed as a shell within which the transparent module TM may be contained.