Patent · US Expired

Fixation of APM in chewing gum

US4139639A · kind A · utility

75Cited by
5References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1977
Grant dateFeb 13, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23G4/20
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a product and process in which L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is fixed in gum Arabic and/or the reaction product of a compound containing a polyvalent metallic ion, with an ungelatinized starch acid-ester of a substituted dicarboxylic acid whereby the decomposition rate of the L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester when employed in a chewing gum system is greatly reduced.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.