Abstract: A reclosable package for holding items comprises a container having a front portion, top end portion and back portion. An adhesive front label is applied to the front portion of the container. A flexible adhesive flap is then applied which covers the label, top end, and back portions of the container. The label and front portion of the container has a contoured edge formed therein to define an opening edge. The flap includes a non-adhesive pull tab. Lifting the pull tab detaches the front portion along the contoured edge and also removes the top end to open the package. The back of the flap remains attached to the back of the package to form a hinged connection. The flap is resealable to the front portion of the package, to allow the package to be reclosed.

Abstract: A chewing gum base composition containing elastomer polyvinyl acetate having a medium molecular weight of about 35,000 to 50,000; acetylated monoglyceride; fat having a melting point below about 65.degree.C.; and remaining amounts of filler material; a chewing gum composition containing the same; and an extended flavor release gum product.

Abstract: A disposable plastic razor of the type having a shaving position and a storage position in which all plastic elements of the razor are molded as a single one-piece unit.

Abstract: An edible composition capable of providing long-lasting, breath freshening perception without bitterness which comprises using in said edible composition a cooling composition comprising methanol and an N-substituted-p-methane carboxamide compound.

Abstract: A vibrating razor having a shaver head adapted to receive a cartridge. The shaver head is pivotally attached to a housing containing a power source and an electric motor having a rotatable shaft. The shaver head is directly and eccentrically coupled to the rotatable shaft with an eccentric coupler for imparting oscillatory movement to the cartridge.

Abstract: Monoclonal antibody to Treponema denticola ATCC 33520 and a continuous cell line for its production is disclosed. These antibodies are particularly useful in immunoassays for detecting the presence of these microorganisms in the oral cavity.

Abstract: A flexible razor head is provided which features a flexible cap and seat. Corrugations, having portions of different widths, present in the seat enhance the ability of the seat to lengthen in response to shaving forces.

Abstract: A free-flowing particulate delivery system for providing enhanced flavor and sweetness to comestible compositions comprising a powdered flavor composition encapsulated in a matrix comprising an outer hydrophilic coating containing up to the solubility limit of the coating of an intense sweetener. The delivery system is particularly useful in chewing gums, confectioneries and pharmaceutical preparations as well as other food products.

Abstract: A method for treating xerostomia which comprises chewing gum or candy containing from 4 to 70 weight percent xylitol therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating molds to make hard gelatin capsules has a dish for holding a bath of liquid gelatin. A multi-well tray is submerged in the bath to establish a plurality of fluid passageways through the bath and to create a pool of liquid gelatin in each of the wells. A drive unit, having a pair of counterrotating gears, moves gelatin through the passageways and pools to maintain a substantially uniform gelatin temperature throughout the bath. Capsule molds are periodically submerged into the pools and then withdrawn to manufacture the hard gelatin capsules.

Abstract: A flavor delivery system is disclosed which offers the combination of improved flavor intensity and extension and, when incorporated into chewing gums, provides desired softness to the gum to facilitate the reduction in softening additives that conventionally add moisture thereto. The present delivery system comprises a composite of a flavor and a resin preferably in a solution mixture with each other, the flavor being present in an amount of from about 20% to about 80% of the final delivery system, with the resin comprising the remainder. Optionally, an emulsifier may be added in an amount of up to 25% by weight. In a further embodiment, the delivery system of the present invention may include up to 25% by weight of a sweetener such as acesulfame-K. The present delivery system finds use in comestibles such as chewing gum compositions and other food products, pharmaceuticals, and scratch-and-sniff and aroma packaging products.

Abstract: Reduced and low-calorie chewing gum compositions containing a gum base level of about 40 to about 80% by weight, and an oil-containing cereal bran, such as corn bran, in amounts of about 4 to about 20% by weight. These compositions result in a chewing product having a caloric content of about 0.1 to about 2.1 calories/gram.

Abstract: Confections containing a volatile oil and designed for dissolving in the oral cavity containing novel volatile oil masking agents are disclosed. The volatile oil masking agents significantly suppress the perception of unpleasant organoleptic sensations such as bitterness or medicinal off-taste initiated by the volatile oil being released in the oral cavity. Masking agents such as fenchone and d-borneol are present in the confection in sensorially undetectable amounts to provide masking of unpleasant characteristics of volatile oils without detracting from the desired organoleptic sensations of taste and the preception of vapor action in the oral cavity.

Abstract: A delivery system for one or more sweeteners offers enhanced up front sweetness intensity in combination with prolonged sweetness duration, and improved protection and stability of the active. The delivery system comprises a first high intensity sweetener encapsulated in a first core coating, and a second outer hydrophilic coating containing up to the solubility limit of the second coating of a second sweetener. The resulting delivery system may be incorporated into a variety of comestible products including chewing gums and other confections, baked goods, oral pharmaceuticals and oral hygiene preparations.

Abstract: A novel confection containing a volatile oil for dissolving in the oral cavity is disclosed. The confection contains a sensorially undetectable amount of a volatile oil modifying agent which enhances the flavor of the volatile oil as well as ameliorates the perception of unpleasant organoleptic sensations such as bitterness initiated by the volatile oil being released in the oral cavity. In a preferred embodiment, the modifying agent is capsicum and most preferably, the oleoresin form of capsicum.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a center-filled chewing gum composition having an outer shell enclosing a cavity and a liquid center within the cavity, wherein the outer shell comprises a gum base having an enhanced hydrophilic nature. In a preferred embodiment invention pertains to a center-filled chewing gum composition wherein the outer shell comprises a gum base comprising in percentages by weight of the gum base (a) an elastomer present in an amount from about 0.5% to about 20%, (b) a medium molecular weight polyvinyl acetate polymer having a molecular weight from about 35,000 to about 55,000 present in an amount from about 10% to about 25%, (c) an acetylated monoglyceride present in an amount from about 4.5% to about 10%, (d) a wax having a melting point below about 60.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a reduced-calorie saliva stimulating chewing gum composition which contains (A) a gum base having an enhanced hydrophilic nature, (B) a bulking agent, (C) an effective sweetening agent, and (D) a homogeneous mixture of a hydrophilic polymer present in an anhydrous carrier. In another embodiment, chewing gum contains (A) a gum base which comprises (a) an elastomer, (b) a medium molecular weight polyvinyl acetate polymer, (c) an acetylated monoglyceride, (d) a wax having a melting point below about 60.degree. C. and (e) a material selected from the group consisting of elastomer solvents, emulsifiers, plasticizers, fillers, and mixtures thereof, (B) a bulking agent, (C) a sweetening agent, and (D) a homogeneous mixture of a hydrophilic polymer present in an anhydrous carrier.