Alitame stability in chewing gum by encapsulation
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1. A chewing gum composition comprising:
- (a) about 5 to about 95% of a gum base;
(b) about 10 to about 90% of a bulking agent;
(c) about 0.1 to about 10% of a flavoring agent; and
(d) coated Alitame wherein at least one of the said gum base ingredients, bulking agents, or flavoring agents is also an Alitame degradation agent and wherein the Alitame is sufficiently coated to slow Alitame degradation due to the degradation agent so that at least 60% of an original amount of Alitame in the chewing gum remains after 8 weeks of storage at 85°
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Abstract
Chewing gums incorporating Alitame in a manner to delay its release, separate the Alitame from gum ingredients which cause the Alitame to degrade, or both, are disclosed. The Alitame may be coated by an encapsulating agent applied by spray drying, fluid bed coating, fiber spinning or coaservation techniques, agglomeration, and fixation or entrapment/absorption plus encapsulation or agglomeration. Also, the Alitame may be incorporated in a physically separate part of the gum, such as a center fill, a part of a rolling compound, or a part of a panning composition.
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21 Claims
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1. A chewing gum composition comprising:
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(a) about 5 to about 95% of a gum base; (b) about 10 to about 90% of a bulking agent; (c) about 0.1 to about 10% of a flavoring agent; and (d) coated Alitame wherein at least one of the said gum base ingredients, bulking agents, or flavoring agents is also an Alitame degradation agent and wherein the Alitame is sufficiently coated to slow Alitame degradation due to the degradation agent so that at least 60% of an original amount of Alitame in the chewing gum remains after 8 weeks of storage at 85°
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9. A method of making a chewing gum with Alitame comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing from about 5 to about 95% gum base, about 10 to about 90% of a bulking agent, and about 0.1 to about 10% of a flavoring agent, at least one of said bulking and flavoring agents also being an Alitame degradation agent; (b) coating a quantity of Alitame with a coating material which slows Alitame degradation due to the Alitame degradation agent so that at least 60% of an original quantity of Alitame formulated in the gum remains after 8 weeks of storage at 85°
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20. A method of making a chewing gum with Alitame comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing from about 5 to about 95% gum base, about 10 to about 90% of a bulking agent, and about 0.1 to about 10% of a flavoring agent, at least one of said bulking and flavoring agents also being an Alitame degradation agent; (b) agglomerating Alitame with an agent which is capable of slowing Alitame degradation so that at least 60% of an original quantity of Alitame formulated in the gum remains after 8 weeks of storage at 85°
F.; and(c) mixing the coated Alitame, the gum base, bulking agent and flavoring agent to make a chewing gum composition.
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21. A method of making a chewing gum with Alitame comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing from about 5 to about 95% gum base, about 10 to about 90% of a bulking agent, and about 0.1 to about 10% of a flavoring agent, at least one of said bulking and flavoring agents also being an Alitame degradation agent; (b) absorbing Alitame in an agent which is capable of slowing Alitame degradation so that at least 60% of an original quantity of Alitame formulated in the gum remains after 8 weeks of storage of 85°
F.; and(c) mixing the coated Alitame, the gum base, bulking agent and flavoring agent to make a chewing gum composition.
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