Kola flavored chewing gum and preparation thereof

Claim 2

A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor wherein the improvement comprises the addition of the combination of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor in the amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and natural kola extract in the amounts of 0.05% to about 2.0%, percents being by weight of the total composition.

Claim 3

The kola flavored chewing gum composition of claim 1 wherein the artificial kola and the natural kola extract are present in the amounts of about 0.5% to about 1.0% and about 0.5% to about 0.75% respectively by weight of the total composition.

Claim 4

The kola flavored chewing gum composition of claim 1 wherein the remaining chewing gum components comprise: (a) gum base in the amount of about 5% to about 45%; (b) liquid sweetener in the amount of about 10% to about 30%; (c) softeners in the amount of about 0.05% to about 10%; (d) particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80%; (e) emulsifiers in the amount of about 0.05% to about 5%; all percents being by weight of the total composition.

Claim 5

The kola flavored chewing gum composition of claim 1 wherein the kola extract is derived from the species Cola nitida.

Claim 6

The kola flavored chewing gum composition of claim 1 wherein the kola extract is derived from the species Sterculia acuminata.

Claim 7

The kola flavored chewing gum composition of claim 4 wherein the species is of the white variety, red variety or brown variety.

Claim 8

The chewing gum composition of claim 3 wherein the gum base comprises a natural or synthetic rubber and a filler.

Claim 9

The chewing gum composition of claim 7 wherein the natural rubber is selected from the group consisting of chicle, jelutong, balata, gutta-percha, lechi caspi, sorva and mixtures thereof.

Claim 10

The chewing gum composition of claim 7 wherein the synthetic rubber is selected from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers, polyisobutylene, isobutylene-isoprene copolymers and mixtures thereof.

Claim 11

The chewing gum composition of claim 3 wherein the liquid and particulate sweetener are selected from the group consisting of water-soluble sweetening agents, water-soluble artificial sweeteners, dipeptide based sweeteners and mixtures thereof.

Claim 12

The composition of claim 1 additionally containing a material selected from the group consisting of coloring agents, emulsifiers, fillers, plasticizers and mixtures thereof.

Claim 13

A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor comprising: (a) about 8% to about 30% by weight of the composition of a gum base comprising: (i) a natural or synthetic rubber selected from the group consisting of chicle, jelutong, balata, gutta-percha, lechi caspi, sorva, butadiene-styrene, (ii) a particulate filler (b) a liquid corn syrup sweetener in the amount of about 10% to about 30% by weight of the total composition; (c) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% by weight of the total composition and said sweetener selected from the group consisting of natural water-soluble sweeteners, artificial water-soluble sweeteners and dipeptide based sweeteners; (d) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% selected from the class consisting of granulated sugar, polyhydric alcohols, and saccharine and mixtures thereof; (e) softeners in the amount of about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of the total composition selected from the group consisting of the methyl, glycerol, and pentaerithritol esters of wood rosin and mixtures thereof; (f) a mixture of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor with a natural kola extract in the respective amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and 0.05% to about 2.0% by weight of the total composition; and (g) an emulsifier in the amount of about 0.05% to about 5% by weight of the total composition.

Claim 14

A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor comprising: (a) about 8% to about 30% by weight of the composition of a gum base comprising: (i) a natural or synthetic rubber selected from the group consisting of chicle, jelutong, balata, gutta-percha, lechi caspi, sorva, butadiene-styrene, (ii) a particulate filler (b) a liquid corn syrup sweetener in the amount of about 10% to about 30% by weight of the total composition; (c) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% by weight of the total composition and said sweetener selected from the group consisting of natural water-soluble sweeteners, artificial water-soluble sweeteners and dipeptide based sweeteners; (d) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% selected from the class consisting of granulated sugar, polyhydric alcohols, and saccharine and mixtures thereof; (e) softeners in the amount of about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of the total composition selected from the group consisting of the methyl, glycerol, and pentaerithritol esters of wood rosin and mixtures thereof; (f) a mixture of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor with a natural kola extract in the respective amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and 0.05% to about 2.0% by weight of the total composition; and (g) an emulsifier in the amount of about 0.05% to about 5% by weight of the total composition.