Non-adhesive chewing gums and method

• US 4,241,090 A
• Filed: 12/21/1978
• Issued: 12/23/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nabisco Technology Company (Mondelez International, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Life Savers Incorporated (Mondelez International, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bakal, Abraham I., Stroz, John J., Mackay, Donald A. M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Jeanette M.
• Application Number:
  US05/971,756
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 426/3, 426/4
• US Class Current: 426/4
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/06 characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/10 characterised by the carbohydrates used, e.g. polysaccharides containing dairy products A23G4/16

Abstract

A non-adhesive chewing gum is provided which does not adhere to dentures and includes gum base, sweetener, flavor and a slip agent for imparting non-adhesive properties to the gum, the slip agent being alpha-cellulose, texturized vegetable protein, bran, fish protein concentrate, citrus peel, citrus pulp, fruit pulp or mixtures thereof. A method for imparting non-adhesive properties to chewing gum is also provided. The resulting chewing gum has significantly higher cud volume than previously known chewing gums of equivalent weight.

Claims

1. A chewing gum having non-adhesive properties comprising gum base, sweetener, flavoring and from about 1 to about 15% by weight of alpha-cellulose a non-adhesive-imparting slip agent to improve chewing quality, impart non-adhesive properties to said gum and increase cud size of said gum, said chewing gum further including from 1 to about 30% by weight water, and from 0.2 to about 3% by weight of a thickener, said thickener being hydrolyzed cereal solids, malto-dextrin, modified food starch, low D.E. corn syrup solids, alginates, carrageenan, xanthan gum, gelatin, carob, tragacanth, locust bean, and other water-soluble gums, or carboxymethyl cellulose.

2. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said alpha-cellulose is in particulate form having an average particle size within the range of from about 500 to about 30 microns.

3. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said thickener comprises carboxymethyl cellulose.

4. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said chewing gum contains from about 0.2 to about 1.5% by weight of a thickener.

5. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said chewing gum contains from about 1 to about 15% by weight water.

6. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said chewing gum contains from about 1 to about 15% by weight water, and from about 0.2 to about 3% by weight carboxymethyl cellulose.

7. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said sweetener is a sugar, sugar alcohol or mixture thereof.

8. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 wherein said sweetener is an artificial sweetener or sugar alcohol or mixture thereof.

9. The chewing gum as defined in claim 1 further including xylitol syrup, sorbitol syrup, maltitol syrup, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, modified starch syrup, corn syrup or mixtures thereof.

10. A method for imparting non-adhesive properties while increasing cud volume of chewing gum said chewing gum comprising gum base, sweetener and flavor, which comprises adding to said chewing gum ingredients from about 1 to about 15% by weight of a slip agent comprising alpha-cellulose and further adding to said chewing gum ingredients from about 1 to about 15% by weight water, and from about 0.2 to about 3% by weight of a thickener.

11. The method as defined in claim 10 wherein said thickener comprises from about 0.2 to about 1.5% by weight carboxymethyl cellulose, said % being based on the total weight of said chewing gum.