Kola flavored chewing gum and preparation thereof
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1. A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor wherein the improvement comprises the addition of the combination of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor in the amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and natural kola extract in the amounts of 0.05% to about 2.0%, percents being by weight of the total composition.
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A kola flavored chewing gum composition having in combination a natural kola extract with an oil soluble artificial kola flavor to produce a taste and flavoring perceptively similar to that associated with kola beverages. The improved kola flavoring and taste is believed to be critically dependent on the combination in specified ranges.
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- 1. A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor wherein the improvement comprises the addition of the combination of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor in the amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and natural kola extract in the amounts of 0.05% to about 2.0%, percents being by weight of the total composition.
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12. A kola flavored chewing gum composition having improved perceptable kola flavor comprising:
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(a) about 8% to about 30% by weight of the composition of a gum base comprising; (i) a natural or synthetic rubber selected from the group consisting of chicle, jelutong, balata, gutta-percha, lechi caspi, sorva, butadiene-styrene, (ii) a particulate filler (b) a liquid corn syrup sweetener in the amount of about 10% to about 30% by weight of the total composition; (c) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% by weight of the total composition and said sweetener selected from the group consisting of natural water-soluble sweeteners, artificial water-soluble sweeteners and dipeptide based sweeteners; (d) a particulate sweetener in the amount of about 20% to about 80% selected from the class consisting of granulated sugar, polyhydric alcohols, and saccharine and mixtures thereof; (e) softeners in the amount of about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of the total composition selected from the group consisting of the methyl, glycerol, and pentaerithritol esters of wood rosin and mixtures thereof; (f) a mixture of an artificial oil-soluble kola flavor with a natural kola extract in the respective amounts of about 0.05% to about 5.0% and 0.05% to about 2.0% by weight of the total composition; and (g) an emulsifier in the amount of about 0.05% to about 5% by weight of the total composition.
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