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Sweet flavorful soft flexible sugarless chewing gum

US4726953A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1986
Grant dateFeb 23, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2006

Classification

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

Abstract

Soft, flexible sugarless chewing gum having a moisture content of about 2 to 7% and improved sweetness and flavor characteristics over extended periods of mastication time are provided by formulating gum base with unencapsulated saccharin, encapsulated saccharin, cooked aqueous hydrogenated starch hydrolysate having a moisture content of about 10.+-.6%, and, optionally, glycerine.

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