US4582707A
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Non-sticking chewing gum
Assignee: Hershey Chocolate and Confectionary Corp
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Filing: 1984-12-26
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Granted: 1986-04-15
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Expires: 2004-12-26
Abstract
Abstract The affinity of chewing gum made with hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, alone, or with glycerine, to become sticky is ameliorated by the addition of carboxymethyl cellulose.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank P. Calabro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 10:21
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G4/00; A23G4/06; A23G4/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
Chewing gum comprising about 5 to about 30 weight % of aqueous hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, from 0 to about 30 weight % of glycerine and carboxymethyl cellulose in such amounts as to prevent said chewing gum from being sticky.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
Chewing gum comprising about 5 to about 30 weight % of aqueous hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, from 0 to about 30 weight % of glycerine and carboxymethyl cellulose in such amounts as to prevent said chewing gum from being sticky.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
Chewing gum as in claim 1 comprising at least 15 weight % of hydrogenated starch hydrolysate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
Chewing gum as in claim 2 comprising at least 5% glycerin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A non-sticky chewing gum product comprising about 5 to 30% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, about 1 to 30% glycerin, about 5 to 8% moisture and about 0.5 and 3.0% carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A non-sticky chewing gum product comprising about 5 to 30% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, about 1 to 30% glycerin, about 5 to 8% moisture and about 0.5 and 3.0% carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A non-sticky chewing gum product as in claim 4 comprising about 10 to 25% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate and about 5 to 15% glycerin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
In a process for manufacturing, packaging and storing packaged chewing gum products containing about 5 to 30% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, about 0 to 30% glycerin and about 5 to 8% moisture so as to prevent said product from becoming sticky during the storage of the packaged product, the improvement which comprises formulating said product, during the manufacture thereof, with such amount of carboxymethyl cellulose as to prevent stickiness.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
In a process for manufacturing, packaging and storing packaged chewing gum products containing about 5 to 30% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, about 0 to 30% glycerin and about 5 to 8% moisture so as to prevent said product from becoming sticky during the storage of the packaged product, the improvement which comprises formulating said product, during the manufacture thereof, with such amount of carboxymethyl cellulose as to prevent stickiness.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as in claim 6 in which said product comprises about 10 to 25% hydrogenated starch hydrolysate and about 5 to 15% glycerin.
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