Maintenance of flavor integrity in pressed mint assortments
Abstract
Abstract Flavor integrity in an assortment of pressed mints packaged with different flavors adjacent to one another in a unitary package, is maintained by utilizing a solid particulate emulsion form of the flavor oil. The flavor oil is emulsified in a mixture of corn syrup solids, an emulsifier, and either glycerol, a nontoxic glycol or mixtures thereof; the molten mixture obtained is extruded into a cold fluid to obtain a solidified filament which is broken into small particles. From 1 percent to 10 percent, preferably from 2.25 percent to 9 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the formulation, of a differently flavored emulsion is incorporated into each pressed mint. A preferred assortment contains, in a unitary package, pressed mints flavored with a solid particulate emulsion of orange oil, lemon oil, lime oil, cherry essence (imitation), oil of wintergreen, pineapple essence (imitation), grapefruit oil and peppermint oil, each mint in the assortment being flavored with one of the aforementioned flavors.
Inventors
- 👤 M Sahaydak
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