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Sugar-containing chewing gum having smooth texture and long-lasting sweetness
Assignee: Life Savers Inc
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Filing: 1979-11-23
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Granted: 1981-06-02
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Expires: 1999-11-23
Abstract
Abstract An improved sugar-containing chewing gum is provided which has long-lasting sweetness, soft and smooth consistency, an amorphous bite through and enhanced flavor and is non-sticky, and is formed of gum base, a premixed recrystallized combination of liquid and solid sweeteners which preferably include high fructose syrup alone or together with liquid glucose, corn syrup, sorbitol syrup and/or invert sugar in combination with sucrose or sorbitol and water, and flavors, softeners, and other conventional chewing gum ingredients. The above chewing gum formulation will have a short nougat-like or fondant-like structure and is particularly suitable as a non-stick bubble gum which does not stick to its wrapper.
Inventors
- 👤 Subraman R. Cherukuri
- 👤 Walter Vink
- 👤 Dominick R. Friello
- 👤 Donald A. M. Mackay
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 01:05
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G4/00; A23G4/06; A23G4/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A chewing gum having long-lasting sweetness, a soft and smooth consistency, an amorphous bite through, and non-stick properties, which comprises from about 8 to about 50% by weight gum base; and from about 40 to about 85% by weight of a preformed recrystallized sweetener combination formed of one or more solid sweeteners and one or more liquid sweeteners which coat said solid sweeteners, said combination comprising at least two natural sweeteners which have been recrystallized as a mixture, and dispersed as said recrystallized mixture in said gum base; and one or more flavors dispersed in said gum base; whereby crystals of solid sweetener in said preformed recrystallized sweetener combination are reduced in size, becoming more round, more smooth and slippery, due to the interaction with said liquid sweeteners present in said combination, thereby contributing to soft easy bite through and imparting a fondant-like structure to the chewing gum.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A chewing gum having long-lasting sweetness, a soft and smooth consistency, an amorphous bite through, and non-stick properties, which comprises from about 8 to about 50% by weight gum base; and from about 40 to about 85% by weight of a preformed recrystallized sweetener combination formed of one or more solid sweeteners and one or more liquid sweeteners which coat said solid sweeteners, said combination comprising at least two natural sweeteners which have been recrystallized as a mixture, and dispersed as said recrystallized mixture in said gum base; and one or more flavors dispersed in said gum base; whereby crystals of solid sweetener in said preformed recrystallized sweetener combination are reduced in size, becoming more round, more smooth and slippery, due to the interaction with said liquid sweeteners present in said combination, thereby contributing to soft easy bite through and imparting a fondant-like structure to the chewing gum.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said sweeteners in said recrystallized mixture is sucrose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said sweeteners in the recrystallized mixture is high fructose syrup or fructose dispersed in water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 3 wherein said recrystallized mixture further includes liquid glucose, corn syrup, invert syrup or mixtures of two or more of such sweeteners.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said recrystallized mixture comprises sucrose, and high fructose syrup.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 5 wherein said recrystallized mixture further includes liquid glucose, corn syrup, hydrogenate starch hydrolysate, invert sugar, sorbitol syrup, or mixtures of two or more of such sweeteners.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 having a short fondant or nougat structure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said solid sweetener comprises sucrose or sorbitol and said liquid sweetener comprises high fructose syrup, sorbitol syrup, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, corn syrup, invert sugar or mixtures of two or more thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said recrystallized mixture comprises recrystallized sorbitol and sorbitol syrup or hydrogenated starch hydrolysate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
77 words
The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said recrystallized mixture comprises from about 35 to about 95% by weight sucrose, from about 5 to about 50% by weight high fructose syrup, from about 1 to about 30% by weight liquid glucose, from about 1 to about 30% by weight corn syrup, and from about 1 to about 25% by weight invert sugar, all of said percents being based on the weight of the recrystallized mixture.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
70 words
A method for preparing the chewing gum as defined in claim 1 which comprises heating and agitating a mixture of said at least two sweeteners, one of which contains water to form a homogeneous mass, and then cooling said mass to cause said sweeteners to recrystallize as a homogeneous mixture and form an amorphous mass, and dispersing said amorphous mass throughout said gum base to form a sweetened chewing gum.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method as defined in claim 11 wherein a portion of said recrystallized sweetener mixture is added to said gum base, and softener and flavor are then added to said gum base, and the remainder of said recrystallized mixture is added to said gum base.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein said recrystallized mixture comprises sucrose and high fructose syrup, corn syrup, glucose syrup and invert syrup.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein said recrystallized mixture comprises sorbitol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, and sorbitol syrup.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
11 words
Chewing gum prepared by the method as defind in claim 11.
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