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Reduced calorie chewing gums and method
Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
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Filing: 1986-05-02
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Granted: 1988-08-23
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Expires: 2006-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A highly palatable low calorie chewing gum composition with enhanced mouth-feel and improved chew having from about 5 to about 10% polysaccharide, a high amount of non-SBR/PVA gum base and a sweetener.
Inventors
- 👤 Subraman R. Cherukuri
- 👤 Frank Hriscisce
- 👤 You C. Wei
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:47
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G4/00; A23G4/06; A23G4/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
A highly palatable reduced calorie chewing gum composition comprising a high amount of a non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base, a low amount of a polysaccharide, cellulose, and a sweetening agent, by weight percent of the composition the non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base is present in an amount from about 35% to about 94%, by weight percent of the composition the polysaccharide is present in an amount from about 5% to about 10%, and by weight percent of the composition the cellulose is present in an amount up to about 7% and wherein the polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
A highly palatable reduced calorie chewing gum composition comprising a high amount of a non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base, a low amount of a polysaccharide, cellulose, and a sweetening agent, by weight percent of the composition the non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base is present in an amount from about 35% to about 94%, by weight percent of the composition the polysaccharide is present in an amount from about 5% to about 10%, and by weight percent of the composition the cellulose is present in an amount up to about 7% and wherein the polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
10 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the polysacchride is polydextrose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the sweetening agent is present in an amount from about 0.005% to about 35% by weight of the composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The composition of claim 1 further including from about 0.01% to about 2% thickening agent selected from the group consisting of methylcellulose, alginates, carrageenan, xanthan gum, karaya, agar, gelatin, carob, tragacanth, locust bean gum, guar, gum arabic, pectin, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropycellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the chewing gum base is present in amount from about 35% to about 70% by weight of the composition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 1 further including up to about 10% filler by weight of the composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
The composition of claim 1 further including up to about 8% by weight of the composition of a thickening agent premix, wherein the thickening agent premix comprises by weight percent of the premix from about 40% to about 60% wetting agent, from about 12% to about 18% water, from about 22% to about 48% sweetener and from about 0.1 to about 5% thickening agent.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
78 words
A method of preparing a reduced calorie chewing gum composition which comprises: (1) admixing from about 35% to about 94% melted non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base with an emulsifier, about 5% to about 10% by weight of the composition of polysaccharide which is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof, up to about 7% cellulose, and a sweetening agent; (2) cooling the mix to form a chewing gum; and (3) recovering the product.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
78 words
A method of preparing a reduced calorie chewing gum composition which comprises: (1) admixing from about 35% to about 94% melted non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base with an emulsifier, about 5% to about 10% by weight of the composition of polysaccharide which is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof, up to about 7% cellulose, and a sweetening agent; (2) cooling the mix to form a chewing gum; and (3) recovering the product.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the polysaccharide is polydextrose.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 8 further admixing a thickening agent with the melted chewing gum base.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of preparing a reduced to low calorie chewing gum composition which comprises: (a) admixing from about 35% to about 94% melted non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base with an emulsifier, cellulose in an amount up to about 7% by weight of the composition, about 5% to about 10% by weight of the composition of polysaccharide which is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof, a sweetening agent and optionally a flavoring agent to form a uniform mixture, (b) preparing a thickening agent premix which comprises admixing a thickening agent with a wetting agent to form a wetted thickening agent, admixing the wetted thickening agent with water to swell and thicken the agent and produce a homogeneous mass, (c) admixing the mixture of (a) with the premix of (b) cooling the resultant mix to form a chewing gum and recovering the product.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
147 words
A method of preparing a reduced to low calorie chewing gum composition which comprises: (a) admixing from about 35% to about 94% melted non-SBR/PVA chewing gum base with an emulsifier, cellulose in an amount up to about 7% by weight of the composition, about 5% to about 10% by weight of the composition of polysaccharide which is selected from the group consisting of polydextrose, polymaltose, modified polydextrose and mixtures thereof, a sweetening agent and optionally a flavoring agent to form a uniform mixture, (b) preparing a thickening agent premix which comprises admixing a thickening agent with a wetting agent to form a wetted thickening agent, admixing the wetted thickening agent with water to swell and thicken the agent and produce a homogeneous mass, (c) admixing the mixture of (a) with the premix of (b) cooling the resultant mix to form a chewing gum and recovering the product.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the polysaccharide is polydextrose.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 11 further admixing a sweetening agent with the thickening agent premix.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the polysaccharide is present in an amount from about 5% to about 10% by weight of the composition, the cellulose is present in an amount of up to about 7%, and the sweetening agent is present in an amount from about 0.005% to about 35% by weight of the composition.
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