Chewing gum

• US 5,344,659 A
• Filed: 09/27/1993
• Issued: 09/06/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo KK (Adeka Corporation), Yoshie Kurihara
• Original Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo KK (Adeka Corporation), Yoshie Kurihara
• Inventors: Ikeda, Kenji, Saito, Masako, Sugiyama, Hiromu, Kohno, Hiroshige, Kurihara, Yoshie, Shimada, Teiyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Golian, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US08/127,413
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 426/3, 426/96, 426/99
• US Class Current: 426/3
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/068 containing plants or parts thereof, e.g. fruits, seeds, extracts containing gums A23G4/10
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/08 of the chewing gum base
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/20 Composite products, e.g. centre-filled , multi-layer, laminated
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/31 containing amino acids, nucleotides, peptides or derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/22 Coating agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/21 Plant extracts
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/54246 Casein
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/5432 Gelatine
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/616 Maltose
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/628 Saccharose, sucrose
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/6406 Glycerol

Abstract

The chewing gum of the present invention contains a coated material prepared by coating Curculigo latifolia fruits, processed Curculigo latifolia fruits or a component containing curculin obtained therefrom with a coating agent.

Claims

1. A chewing gum containing a coating material which is prepared by coating Curculigo latifolia fruits, processed Curculigo latifolia fruits or a component containing curculin obtained therefrom with a coating agent at a temperature of 60°

C. or below; and

wherein the grain size of said coated material is 100 to 200 mesh, the content of said coated material ranges from 0.1 to 70% by weight based on the total amount of the chewing gum, and the content thereof in terms of purified curculin is 0.1 to 1,000 ppm;

said coating agent is selected from the group consisting of reducing maltose syrup, reducing starch decomposition product, lactose, oligo-saccharides, dextrin, branched dextrin, whey protein, vegetable fats and oils, animal fats and oils, gelatin, guar gum, cyclodextrin, chitin, chitosan soluble starch, gum arabic, pectin and microcrystalline cellulose; and

the weight ratio of said Curculigo latifolia fruits, processed Curculigo latifolia fruits or a component containing curculin obtained therefrom to said coating agent ranges from 0.01 ;

99.99 to 95 ;

5.