Continuous production of chewing gum using corotating twin screw extruder
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1. A method for continuous preparation of a chewing gum slab from chewing gum ingredients and a liquid gum base in the absence of required separate cooling of said gum slab, said method comprising:
- (a) introducing chewing gum ingredients selected from the group consisting of colorants, plasticizers, texturizers, bulking agents, sweeteners, flavors and mixtures thereof and heated liquid gum base into an extruder at a distance from each sufficient to prevent back flow of said liquid gum base and thereby preventing unwanted hot spots and discontinuities in the final gum slab;
(b) extrusion mixing said liquid gum base and said chewing gum ingredients while cooling in said extruder over a distance to provide a substantially homogeneous chewing gum mass and extruding said homogeneous chewing gum mass as a chewing gum slab, said chewing gum slab having a temperature on exit suitable for rolling and scoring in the absence of any additional cooling.
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Abstract
A method for continuous production of a chewing gum slab in the absence of separate cooling is disclosed. The method includes introducing chewing gum ingredients and gum base into an extruder and extrusion mixing the ingredients with the gum base over a distance to provide a substantially homogeneous chewing gum mass. The mass is also cooled over the distance so that the chewing gum slab is provided which is suitable for rolling and scoring is extruding into a rope without a separate cooling step.
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1. A method for continuous preparation of a chewing gum slab from chewing gum ingredients and a liquid gum base in the absence of required separate cooling of said gum slab, said method comprising:
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(a) introducing chewing gum ingredients selected from the group consisting of colorants, plasticizers, texturizers, bulking agents, sweeteners, flavors and mixtures thereof and heated liquid gum base into an extruder at a distance from each sufficient to prevent back flow of said liquid gum base and thereby preventing unwanted hot spots and discontinuities in the final gum slab; (b) extrusion mixing said liquid gum base and said chewing gum ingredients while cooling in said extruder over a distance to provide a substantially homogeneous chewing gum mass and extruding said homogeneous chewing gum mass as a chewing gum slab, said chewing gum slab having a temperature on exit suitable for rolling and scoring in the absence of any additional cooling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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