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US 9,433,229 B2Granted
Amorphous chewing gum bulk material
AssigneeWm. Wrigley Jr. Company
InventorsMichael A. Reed, Pamela M. Mazurek, Dominic Lettiere
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Abstract
A bulk material suitable for use in a chewing gum contains at least about 40 wt. % dry basis sorbitol, at least about 7 wt. % dry basis other than sorbitol, and no more than about 10 wt. % water, wherein the bulk material is amorphous and remains amorphous with shear. A chewing gum, comprising: a) a gum base; b) a flavor; and c) a bulk material contains at least 40 wt. % dry basis sorbitol, at least 7 wt. % dry basis polyol other than sorbitol and no more than 10 wt. % water.
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A bulk material suitable for use in a chewing gum consisting of:
- a) at least 65 wt. % dry basis solids sorbitol;
- b) about 5-20 wt. % dry basis solids maltitol;
- c) no more than 2 wt. % dry basis solids glycerin;
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- d) no more than 10 wt. % water;
- wherein the bulk material has a glass transition temperature between 30-80° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry.
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