Method for making coated chewing gum products including a high-intensity sweetener

US6572900B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company · US

Inventors

• Daniel J. Zyck · North Riverside, US
• Daniel J. Sitler · Woodridge, US
• David G. Barkalow · Woodridge, US
• Jonathan J. Knutsen · Brookfield, US
• Chungsea Shen · Deerfield, US
• Julius W. Zuehlke · Chicago, US
• Philip G. Schnell · Downers Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G4/20
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of making coated chewing gum products comprises the steps of providing chewing gum cores; providing a first coating syrup comprising a bulk sweetener; providing a second coating syrup separate from the first coating syrup and comprising a high-intensity sweetener; and applying the first and second coating syrups to the cores and drying the syrups to produce a coating on the cores. Calcium carbonate or another antacid may be incorporated in the coating by being mixed into the first coating syrup.