Abstract: A stabilized dipeptide sweetening composition useful in chewing gum applications provides longer shelf life stability and improved longer lasting sweetness. A dipeptide sweetner such as appartame is encapsulated through an anhydrous process that compresses the crystals with a mixture of inert binder ingredients so as to form a solid tablet or sheet which is then ground into fine granular particles. These particles may then be coated with a hydrophobic material such as a fat or wax and then incorporated into a variety of food applications such as chewing gum. The sweetener composition is thereby protected from adverse environmental conditions such as high temperature, moisture and pH.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 1990
Date of Patent:
August 27, 1991
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company
Inventors:
Subraman R. Cherukuri, Tommy L. Chau, Gul Mansukhani, Angel M. Orama