Abstract:
The invention relates to gum base granules and compressed chewing gum comprising at least one biodegradable polymer. According to an embodiment of the invention, a mechanically stable compressed chewing gum tablet has been obtained by applying at least one biodegradable polymer as a part of the gum base of the compressed chewing gum tablet.
Abstract:
The invention relates to 1 a chewing gum tablet (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) comprising at least two separate cohered chewing gum modules (11, 12; 21, 22, 23; 31, 32; 41, 42; 51, 52) at least one of said chewing gum modules comprising compressed gum base containing chewing gum granules, wherein the chewing gum tablet comprises a gum base content of at least 5% by weight of the tablet. According to the invention, a compressed chewing gum tablet has been obtained featuring extremely impressing abilities of incorporating well-defined amounts of chewing gum ingredients combined with acceptable rheological properties of the complete tablet.
Abstract:
The invention relates to chewing gum comprising at least one biodegradable polyester copolymer obtained by the polymerization of two or more cyclic esters by ring-opening, said at least one biodegradable polyester copolymer having a molecular weight of less than 150000 g/mol and said chewing gum further comprising chewing gum ingredients. According to the invention, an improved release of chewing gum ingredients has been obtained when a texture acceptable biodegradable polyester copolymer are applied as a chewing gum polymer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a chewing gum comprising gum base, sweetener and flavor, wherein at least a part of said gum base comprises at least one biodegradable polymer, where then tan(delta) is at least 0.6 within the linear viscoelastic region (LVR) of the chewing gum. According to the invention, it has been recognized that the texture may be referred to measurable rheological properties of the final chewing gum. Furthermore, it has been realized that biodegradable polymers may be adjusted towards desired rheological properties by means of so-called plasticizers, even if the chewing gum is made on the basis of biodegradable polymers, which as from the beginning, does not meet desired rheological properties.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an environmental chewing gum composition comprising at least one biodegradable gum base polymer, at least one sweetener and at least one flavor, said composition having low tack effected by a plurality of side chains attached to the backbone of at least one gum base polymer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to confectionary compositions comprising one or more encapsulation delivery systems containing food acids and natural resins. The invention furthermore relates to the encapsulation delivery system as such as well as to methods of preparing the encapsulation delivery system and the confectionary composition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a chewing gum granule containing gum base, wherein said chewing gum granule is substantially ball-shaped, said chewing gum granule has an average diameter below 1900 μm, and wherein the surface of said chewing gum granule is provided with 0.5 to 18% by weight of free-flowing agent. With the present invention improved free-flow properties of the chewing gum granules may be obtained.