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One-step process for preparing gum

A technology for chewing gum and polymer, which is applied in the field of manufacturing chewing gum, can solve the problems of unavailability of chewing gum additives, poor degradation performance, environmental pollution, etc., and achieves the effects of shortening the manufacturing time, simplifying the method, and simplifying the storage management.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-05-19
GUMLINK AS
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[0009] Therefore, until now, there has not been a generally available method that allows one-step mixing and mixing of all gum base ingredients and all chewing gum additives that cannot be utilized.
[0010] Gum base elastomers and resins currently used are generally poorly degradable, which means that chewing gum using the above materials can cause environmental pollution, because used chewing gum remains for a long time in outdoor and indoor environments

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Embodiment 1

[0088] Chewing gums containing biodegradable gum base polymers were prepared using the traditional two-step process, in which the gum base was melted before mixing (reference test)

[0089] In this example, degradable polymers defined in US5672367 and obtained by cyclic esters and labile bonds capable of hydrolysis or breaking under the influence of light are used as part of the gum base. In the following, the polymer is referred to as BDP1, the gum base polymer was softened and melted in a water bath at 100°C for 30 minutes before the chewing gum additives listed below were mixed.

[0090] pre-melted gum base

[0091] Table 1 Composition and mixing conditions of preselected molten degradable gum base polymer BDP1

[0092] Composition Content (weight) Time (minutes) Temperature ℃

[0093] BDP1 40.46 0 60

[0094] Sorbitol powder 13.26 0 60

[0095] Lecithin 0.20 2 58

[0096] Hydrogenated glucose syrup 5.77 2 58

[0097] Sorbitol powder 13.46 2 58

[0098] Sorbitol powd...

Embodiment 2

[0109] Manufacture of mint-flavored chewing gums containing degradable gum base polymers by using a traditional two-step process in which the gum base is melted before mixing (reference test)

[0110] In this example, chewing gum was prepared essentially as described in Example 1, however, a different pre-melt degradation polymer BDP2 was used instead of BDP1, the ingredients and mixing conditions are shown in Table 2.

[0111] Table 2 Composition and mixing conditions with preselected molten degradable gum base polymer BDP2

[0112] Composition Content (weight) Time (minutes) Temperature ℃

[0113] BDP2 40.46 0 63

[0114] Sorbitol powder 13.26 0 63

[0115] Lecithin 0.20 2 63

[0116] Hydrogenated glucose syrup 5.77 2 63

[0117] Sorbitol powder 13.46 4 63

[0118] Sorbitol powder 13.46 6 63

[0119] Peppermint oil 1.54 6 63

[0120] Menthol (crystal) 0.31 7 63

[0121] Menthol powder 0.37 7 61

[0122] Peppermint oil powder 0.19 7 61

[0123] Menthol powder 0.19 8...

Embodiment 3

[0129] A mint flavored chewing gum containing non-degraded polymers was prepared according to the present invention using a one-step mixing process.

[0130] In this embodiment, the step of pre-melting the gum base is omitted, and the traditional gum base A is directly used, that is, without pre-melting, and mixed with chewing gum additives in the mixer used in Examples 1-2, as shown in Table 3 .

[0131] Table 3 Composition and one-step mixing conditions with non-degraded gum base A

[0132] Composition Content (weight) Time (minutes) Temperature 1 ℃

[0133] Gum base A 40.46 0 25

[0134] Sorbitol powder 13.26 0 25

[0135] Lecithin 0.20 2 38

[0136] Hydrogenated glucose syrup 5.77 2 38

[0137] Sorbitol powder 13.46 4 42

[0138] Sorbitol powder 13.46 5 42

[0139] Peppermint oil 1.54 6 43

[0140] Menthol (crystal) 0.31 6 43

[0141] Menthol powder 0.37 7 45

[0142] Peppermint oil powder 0.19 7 45

[0143] Menthol powder 0.19 7 45

[0144] Saccharin 0.19 8 45 ...

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Abstract

A process for preparing a chewing gum wherein all of the gum base components and all of the chewing gum additives are charged, in any appropriate order, into a mixing apparatus and the apparatus operated at atmospheric pressure to obtain the chewing gum, subject to the limitation that the gum base does not contain a vinyl polyester as the sole polymer. In certain embodiments, the gum base comprises at least one environmentally or biodegradable polymer such as a polyester, a polycarbonates, a polyester amide, a polypeptide and a protein.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of manufacturing chewing gum. In particular, a novel one-step manufacturing process is provided for the manufacture of chewing gum. In a specific embodiment, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing chewing gum comprising a degradable or biodegradable polymer in the gum base. Background technique [0002] For the most part, the current traditional method of manufacturing chewing gum, including bubble gum, involves at least two steps. In the first step of operation, the chewing gum base that usually contains various elastic and resinous ingredients is prepared, and in the second step of operation, it is mixed with various chewing gum additives, such as bulking sweeteners, coloring agents, flavoring agents, And other additives are mixed to get the final chewing gum. Generally, the pre-blended gum base is softened by heating at a temperature in the range of 100-150°C prior to mixing with the chewing gu...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A23G4/00A23G4/02A23G4/04A23G4/06A23G4/08A23G4/12A23G4/20A61K9/68A61K31/465A61P25/34
CPCA23G4/20A23G4/08A23G4/00A23G4/126A23G4/02A23G4/046A23G4/06A61P25/34
Inventor 海拉·魏韬夫洛恩·安德森安妮特·伊萨克森
Owner GUMLINK AS
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