Gum composition containing dispersed porous beads containing active chewing gum ingredients and method
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1. A chewing gum, comprising:
- a chewing gum base having dispersed therein water-insoluble porous polymeric beads having microporous passages impregnated with a sweetener.
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Abstract
A chewing gum that contains water-insoluble porous polymeric beads impregnated with a sweetener, and a method of making such a chewing gum.
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1. A chewing gum, comprising:
a chewing gum base having dispersed therein water-insoluble porous polymeric beads having microporous passages impregnated with a sweetener. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of making chewing gum with a controlled release sweetener comprising the steps of:
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providing a chewing gum base; dispersing within the chewing gum base a plurality of water-insoluble porous polymeric beads having microporous passages impregnated with a sweetener. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method of making chewing gum comprising the steps of:
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providing a chewing gum base; dispersing within the chewing gum base a first population of water-insoluble polymeric beads having microporous passages impregnated with a sweetener; and dispersing within the chewing gum base a second population of water-insoluble polymeric beads having microporous passages impregnated with one or more active chewing gum ingredients wherein said ingredients are dyes, sweeteners, flavoring agents, food-grade acids, pharmaceutical agents, or breath-freshening agents, which solubility is different from that of the coating material used on said first population of beads to thereby provide a release rate for the active ingredients from the second population of beads which is different from the release rate of the sweetener from the first population of beads. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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