Center-filled chewing gums
First Claim
1. A center-filled chewing gum having improved softness retention, flexibility, and excellent shelf-life comprising a chewing gum piece including an enclosed cavity therein, and a liquid fill in said cavity, said liquid fill consisting essentially of from about 94 to about 99.5% glycerin as a sweetener, from about 0.5 to about 6% by weight of a thickener to increase viscosity of the glycerin, said thickener being selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, a pectin, an alginate, agar, gum tragancanth, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixtures thereof, and optionally from about 0.1 to about 0.75% by weight flavor oil, said center fill containing no more than about 2% or less water and no further humectants.
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Abstract
Center-filled chewing gum is provided which includes as the center fill a dispersion of a thickener, such as carboxymethyl cellulose in glycerin, the glycerin functioning as both a sweetener and carrier, and the thickener functioning to retard increase in viscosity of the glycerin.
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- 1. A center-filled chewing gum having improved softness retention, flexibility, and excellent shelf-life comprising a chewing gum piece including an enclosed cavity therein, and a liquid fill in said cavity, said liquid fill consisting essentially of from about 94 to about 99.5% glycerin as a sweetener, from about 0.5 to about 6% by weight of a thickener to increase viscosity of the glycerin, said thickener being selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, a pectin, an alginate, agar, gum tragancanth, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixtures thereof, and optionally from about 0.1 to about 0.75% by weight flavor oil, said center fill containing no more than about 2% or less water and no further humectants.
- 9. A sugarless liquid fill for center-filled chewing gum, said liquid fill consisting essentially of from about 94.0 to about 99.5% by weight glycerin, from about 0.5 to about 6% by weight of a thickener, said thickener being selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, a pectin, an alginate, agar, gum tragacanth, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixtures thereof, and optionally from about 0.1 to about 0.75% by weight flavor oil, said liquid fill containing no more than about 2% or less of water and no further humectants.
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