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Low moisture, sugarless, center-filled chewing gum

  • US 4,683,138 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1986
  • Issued: 07/28/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sugarless center-filled chewing gum piece having an outer sugarless chewing gum shell enclosing a cavity and a sugarless liquid center-fill within said cavity, said chewing gum piece comprising:

  • A. a chewing gum shell containing not more than about 2% by weight thereof water; and

    B. a sugarless liquid center-fill comprising;

    1. about 0.2% to about 1.5% by weight of a natural or synthetic gum selected from the group consisting of carboxymethylcellulose, pectin, propylene glycol alginates, agar and gum tragacanth;

    2. about 85% to about 93% by weight of a glycerin humectant; and

    3. about 6% to about 12% by weight of an additional water-miscible humectant ingredient selected from the group consisting of (a) sorbitol solution or (b) sorbitol solution and propylene glycol;

    wherein said liquid center-fill has a water content of about 6% to about 8%, based on the total weight of the liquid center-fill, and a viscosity of about 20,000 to about 85,000 centipoises at 25°

    C.

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