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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
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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 ;

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