Packaged, Structurally Defined, Or Coated Patents (Class 426/5)
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CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT CONTAINING ACTIVE AND/OR REACTIVE COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF
Publication number: 20130101649Abstract: The invention relates to a confectionery product comprising an extruded body portion, the body portion having a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, one or more of the capillaries being at least partially filled with a fill material which is a different material from that of the extruded body portion, the fill material and optionally the body portion comprising various active and/or reactive components. Some embodiments are designed to provide sequential release profiles. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Peter Clarke, Sarah Marshall -
Patent number: 8414939Abstract: A composition includes a first component containing phospholipids and a second component encapsulating the first component. The composition includes between about 10% and about 80% by weight phospholipids. The composition may be used in chewing gum to provide a gum cud that does not adhere to concrete and does not dissolve in the mouth while chewing.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Wm. Wrigley Jr. CompanyInventors: Chungsea A. Shen, Armando J. Castro, Michael Catizone, Bruno Padovani, David G. Barkalow, Xiaohu Xia
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Publication number: 20130071516Abstract: Disclosed are particulate coated multi-region structures prepared from sugar free confectionery products and chewing gum.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Edip Tahincioglu, Albert Levi, Burcu Birecik Bakkal
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Publication number: 20130071517Abstract: A collectible item comprising a novelty image item and an edible confectionary image item is provided. The novelty image item may contain an image that matches the image on the confectionary image item, or an image that is related to the image on the confectionary image item. A plurality of collectible image items may be provided on a sheet, and the collectible image items may be individually removable from the sheet. An intermediate layer may also be provided which separates the confectionary image item from the novelty image item. The collectible item may include stickers as the novelty image item, and may include gum with an image formed thereon as the confectionary image item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: Halle MADIA
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Patent number: 8388935Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, an autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. Also disclosed are a method of screening for the abnormally likely presence of SIBO in a human subject and a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject. A method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject, in whom small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been detected, is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterInventors: Henry C. Lin, Mark Pimentel
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Patent number: 8389031Abstract: A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Delivery system for active components as part of an edible composition having selected particle size
Patent number: 8389032Abstract: A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie -
Publication number: 20130052301Abstract: A chewing gum base which is cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature contains a food acceptable tri-block copolymer having the form A-B-A or A-B-C and comprising a soft mid-block which constitutes at least 30 wt. % of the total polymer and hard end-blocks each having a glass transition temperature below 70° C. The tri-block copolymer is optionally plasticized with a compatible di-block copolymer to function as an elastomer system in the gum base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Leslie D. Morgret, Michael S. Haas, Xiaohu Xia, Marc A. Hillmyer, Mark T. Martello, Christopher Macosko, Luca Martinetti, Frank S. Bates, Sangwoo Lee, Michael Bunczek, Michael T. Greenberg
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Publication number: 20130034625Abstract: A chewing gum item which contains one or more liquids or gels containing flavors fermented or distilled with ethyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventor: David L. Ross
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Publication number: 20130000565Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-functional chewing gum for a pet, wherein the outer surface of a porous molding compound, including 40 wt % to 80 wt % of starch, 2 wt % to 15 wt % of sugar, 3 wt % to 25 wt % of humectants, with the remainder being a solvent, is coated with a coating solution including 3 wt % to 20 wt % of a coating agent, with the remainder being a solvent, as well as to a method for preparing same. A porous chewing gum for a pet of the present invention may be used to clean the teeth of a pet, enhance the preservation of gums, and preserve effective nutrients while functioning as a toy for pets. Furthermore, it removes tartar, dental plaque, and bad breath of a pet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FORCANS INC.Inventors: Bon Gil Koo, Myung Jin Lee, Chan Mi Chon
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Patent number: 8329235Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing chewing gum granules. The method comprises at least the steps of feeding a gum composition including at least gum base into an extruder (2), pressurizing the gum composition in the extruder, extruding the gum composition through a die plate (5), and cutting the extruded gum composition in a liquid filled chamber (4). Flavor is added to the composition in the extruder prior to the granulation into cooling liquid. The temperature and pressure of the flavored gum composition is controlled so that the temperature is below 70° C. when the pressure is in the range from 1 to 5 hPa.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Gumlink A/SInventors: Rikke Mikkelsen, Niels Ravn Schmidt
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Publication number: 20120308634Abstract: A new chewing gum comprising a gum member, with a central core or cavity, and a core element located within the central core or cavity. The chewing gum also comprises a dietary supplement, which may be incorporated in the central core, the cavity, or both. The core element can be of a range of consistencies, from fluid to gel-like. Optionally, the gum member may comprise crystals. Additionally, the crystals may comprise a dietary supplement. The chewing gum may be encapsulated with a coating. Multiple dietary supplements, of different or of the same varieties, may be incorporated into the chewing gum.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventor: Brent Holland
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Patent number: 8323683Abstract: A chewing gum comprising at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with a core onto which is applied at least one inner polymer film coating and thereafter onto which is applied at least one outer hard coating. A preferred API is nicotine. Flavoring agents may be incorporated in the core, in the at least one inner polymer film coating and/or in the at least one outer hard coating. The gums formed exhibit a long lasting effect of flavoring agent(s) and result in the domination of flavoring agents in the coating(s) over flavoring agent(s) in the core, thereby (a) avoiding problems of chemical or pharmaceutical incompatibility between an API in the core and flavoring agent(s) in the coating(s) and (b) achieving an increased control of the release of the API and of non-active excipients.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Seema Mody, Gregory Koll
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Publication number: 20120237633Abstract: Gum manufacturing machinery and method of manufacturing gum is illustrated in which a gum loafing machine generates loaves of finished gum that are then subsequently run through a gum conditioner to more uniformly set the temperature and viscosity of the gum material prior to further processing. Upon achieving the appropriate conditioning level, a further forming extruder may be used to generate a continuous gum ribbon for subsequent rolling and scoring operations. The gum conditioner may include vertically stacked conveyors that have different operational modes including a first mode that provides a serpentine path for a long residence time and a second mode that provides a cascading path that avoids or bypasses much of the length of some of the conveyors to provide a shorter residence time. The gum manufacturing machinery may be used in an adjustable manner so as to accommodate difference gum recipes for different batches of gum product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Jim Olejarski, Joseph Roarty, Arthur W. Upmann, James A. Duggan
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Publication number: 20120225163Abstract: A chewing gum container (100) comprises a body (110) having an interior in which chewing gum pieces can be stored. A multiplicity of individual disposal sheets (12) for use in the disposal of spent gum is attached to a surface (114) of the container body. The sheets (12) are adhered together along an edge or edges (14, 16) in two or more locations and/or along at least half, but not all, of an edge or edges (14, 16) of the sheets, so that the multiplicity of individual sheets (12) form a stack (10). A method of manufacturing the container (100) with a stack (10) of sheets (12) attached is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Cadbury FranceInventor: Fabien Guyot
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Patent number: 8252352Abstract: A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. A package housing encloses the array of products. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween in a closable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The front wall includes a wall flap extending inwardly towards the back wall in frictional engagement with the array of products for removable retention of the products therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Sydney Aldridge
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Publication number: 20120207875Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for preparing multi-layered confectionery compositions. The multi-layered confectionery compositions are formed using a co-extrusion process of at least two different confectionery compositions that have at least one visual or sensorial distinction. The tolerances of the resulting pieces of the multi-layered confectionery composition are maintained such that the pieces can be packaged in rigid packaging. The processing parameters of processing of the plurality of confectionery compositions prior to the step of cutting and wrapping the pieces can be altered so as to maintain the average piece size within a predetermined tolerance level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Allen Aldridge, Marc Degady, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Alejandro Jean, Bharat Jani, Ana Lucia Lopez, Fernando Melendez, Susan J. Pettigrew, Duane Raible, Ivonne Ramirez, Margarita Tecanhuey, Iran Vazquez
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Patent number: 8221812Abstract: A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing enclosed the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Sydney Aldridge
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Publication number: 20120164268Abstract: The present invention relates to a confectionery composition which is able to provide a new and improved flavour and texture experience for a consumer. The confectionery composition has interconnected pores therein which contain a fill material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventor: Sarah Pearson
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Publication number: 20120164267Abstract: A chewing gum production method includes a step in which the ingredients are mixed together, a mixture-extrusion step, a dusting step using a dusting powder, a sheeting step and a shaping/cutting step. The dusting powder includes a powder composition of agglomerates of crystals, the powder composition including at least one polyol. The resulting chewing gum is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis, Dominique Ortiz De Zarate
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Publication number: 20120164266Abstract: Disclosed is a method of production of chewing gum including a step of mixing the ingredients, a step of extrusion of the mixture, a step of dusting with a dusting powder, a rolling step and a forming-cutting step, wherein the dusting powder includes a pulverulent composition containing from 28% to 0.1%, preferably from 25% to 1% of particles of diameter below 75 ?m and of hygroscopicity between 0.01 and 5%, the pulverulent composition including at least one polyol. Also disclosed is the chewing gum obtained by application of the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis, Dominique Ortiz De Zarate
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Patent number: 8202589Abstract: Provided is an oral pouch product having a coated seam, having a porous pouch wrapper; an inner filling material enclosed within first and second opposed layers of the porous pouch wrapper; at least one seam holding a portion of said first and second opposed layers of said porous pouch wrapper together; and a first coating comprising a releasable ingredient applied to an outer surface of said seam. Also provided is a method for making the oral pouch product.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili, Paolo Catasti, Danielle R. Crawford, William R. Sweeney, Munmaya K. Mishra, Shengsheng Liu
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Publication number: 20120114789Abstract: A compressed chewing gum tablet and gum base granule for such tablet including at least one elastomer in an amount of about 0% to about 35% by weight of the gum base, at least two resins in an amount of about 15% to about 60% by weight of the gum base, gum base ingredients and where the at least two resins include natural resin in an amount of about of about 5% to about 40% by weight of the gum base, and synthetic resin in an amount of about 10% to about 40% by weight of the gum base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Bitten Thorengaard, Dorthe Schackinger Boesen, Vibeke Nissen
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Publication number: 20120100201Abstract: In some embodiments there is a composition including a thermally stabilized active composition and a high molecular weight polymer. The thermally stabilized active composition is resistance to degradation at higher temperatures such as those used for conducting extrusion with high molecular weight polyvinyl acetate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Publication number: 20120087875Abstract: A chewing gum composition with high pH-release includes an insoluble gum base matrix and a soluble bulk portion, wherein the gum base matrix and the bulk portion is mixed and extruded to form a final chewing gum core, and wherein the gum base matrix is buffered before mixing with the bulk portion. Furthermore, a method of producing a chewing gum core, wherein a gum base matrix and a bulk portion is mixed and extruded to form a final chewing gum core, and wherein the gum base matrix is buffered before mixing with the bulk portion, and the gum base matrix includes a first amount of buffer from 2 to 20 percent by weight of the gum base matrix before mixing with the bulk portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Gitte Lorenzen, Nicolai Arent, Bitten Thorengaard, Helle Wittorff
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Publication number: 20120076892Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of encapsulation. More particularly, it relates to a process for encapsulating an active ingredient such as preferably flavouring ingredients in or on an edible composition, the encapsulating material comprising empty yeast cells. Furthermore a food product containing said encapsulated active ingredient which is preferably in the form of a chewing-gum, a fried, baked or extruded product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Maurus Marty, Dana Zampieri
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Patent number: 8137716Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing chewing gum granules. The method comprises at least the steps of feeding a gum composition including at least gum base into an extruder (2), pressurizing the gum composition in the extruder, extruding the gum composition through a die plate (5), and cutting the extruded gum composition in a liquid filled chamber (4). The extruded gum composition comprises at least 71% Wt. gum base and the cut granules are included in compressed gum tablets. The invention further relates to a chewing gum product, and to a chewing gum granulating system.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Gumlink A/SInventors: Rikke Mikkelsen, Kaj Hovhave Nielsen, Niels Ravn Schmidt, Per Henrik Ertebjerg Christensen
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Patent number: 8128975Abstract: A confectionary comprising a solid shaped confectionary composition sanded with a sugar alcohol having a negative heat of solution and a method of mixing same. The method involves coating solid pieces of confectionary composition with a wetting syrup and sanding the wetted pieces with sugar alcohol crystals. The confectionary is characterized by intense initial cooling and flavor release.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Hershey Foods CorporationInventors: Robert J. Huzinec, Thomas J. Carroll
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Patent number: 8124145Abstract: A chewing gum comprising a solid shaped chewing gum composition sanded with a sugar alcohol having a negative heat of solution and a method of mixing same. The method involves coating solid pieces of chewing gum composition with a wetting syrup and sanding the wetted pieces with sugar alcohol crystals. The chewing gum is characterized by intense initial cooling and flavor release.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: The Hershey CompanyInventors: Thomas J. Carroll, Robert J. Huzinec, Christopher A. Bennett, Justin E. May, Tesfalidet Halie
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Publication number: 20120045494Abstract: The present invention relates to a chewing gum base for use in chewing gum compositions wherein the chewing gum base contributes to the ability of the chewing gum compositions and products to degrade over time after chewing due to environmental influences or cleaning processes, while at the same time providing a significant shelf life for the final chewing gum composition product. The chewing gum base comprises a hydrophilic precursor component comprising hydrolysable units and an elastomer, wherein the hydrophilic precursor component comprising hydrolysable units is encapsulated or dispersed in a barrier material. Moreover, the invention relates to chewing gum compositions containing such chewing gum bases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Lawrence William Harris, Paul D. Soper, Gaelle Madeleine Claudette Buffet
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Publication number: 20120040050Abstract: A chewing gum composition including at least three flavor compositions providing a unique and long-lasting flavor sensations to the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Sandra Lenzi, Simkie Kar, Tasoula A. Michaelidou, Joan E. Harvey, Matthew Allan Beam, Demetrius Torino McCormick, Simman Wong, Junjie Guan, Deborah Levenson, Juan Pablo Campomanes-Marin, Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Patent number: 8110177Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, an autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. Also disclosed are a method of screening for the abnormally likely presence of SIBO in a human subject and a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject. A method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject, in whom small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been detected, is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterInventors: Henry C. Lin, Mark Pimentel
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Publication number: 20120027866Abstract: A method of preparing a granular delivery system by creating a melt emulsion having a continuous phase and a dispersed active, wherein the continuous phase includes trehalose and a low dextrose equivalent carbohydrate that is not a hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, forcing the melt emulsion through an die or orifice to form an extrudate, cooling and granulating the extrudate to form granules of the delivery system and optionally drying the granules. The melt extrusion provides excellent viscosity and Tg characteristics for the extrusion process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Christopher Gregson, Matthew Sillick
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Patent number: 8105082Abstract: Stain-removing oral compositions, such as gum compositions are herein provided. The compositions include a chelating agent and a surfactant. The surfactant includes a fatty acid salt and at least one component selected from nonionic and anionic surfactants. The fatty acid salt may have at least one hydroxyl functionality. The oral compositions may optionally include an abrasive agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Cadbury Adams USA LLCInventors: Samantha Katharine Racheal Holme, Shiuh Luo, Petros Gebreselassie, Navroz Boghani
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Publication number: 20120021024Abstract: A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Publication number: 20120015071Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to coating compositions and products containing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to confectionery compositions that include coating compositions which are in particulate form, and binders that have sufficient viscosity and tackifying agent levels so as to effectively bind the particulate coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Omar Ortega, Denise Carvalho Pereira de Souza, Carlos Mitsuo Shimokomaki, Hector Gil-Garza
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Publication number: 20120003352Abstract: The present invention is to provide a liquid-center gum composition having a gum portion and a liquid portion covered with the gum portion, in which moisture migration from the liquid portion to the gum portion with time can be reduced and desired texture and flavor can be maintained over time. The liquid-center gum composition according to the present invention has a gum portion and a liquid portion covered with the gum portion and characterized in that the gum portion consists of a sugar component and a gum base and the sugar component contains at least one of erythritol and mannitol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2008Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Hayato Kajiura, Masaki Yanazaki
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Publication number: 20110318450Abstract: Provided is a disintegrable or non-disintegrable oral flavor delivery product. The product includes a disintegrable or non-disintegrable chewable pouch with a plurality of perforations. The pouch encloses a non-tobacco flavor product that can be in a gel, semi-liquid, and/or liquid form. A user chews, sucks, and/or manipulates the pouch to cause the enclosed flavor product to leach out of the perforations into the user's mouth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Shalva Gedevanishvili, Dennis Geib, Bruce Waymack, William R. Sweeney, Cindy Hayes, Danielle R. Crawford
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Publication number: 20110305759Abstract: A white colouring composition comprising calcium carbonate as a white pigment. It may be used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventor: Klaus Koehler
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Publication number: 20110287060Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated product comprising a core and a hard coating surrounding the core, wherein the hard coating is composed of at least one coating layer, which comprises erythritol and one or more crystallization modifiers, a process for preparing such a coated product, and the use of the crystallization modifiers for controlling the crystallization of an erythritol-based hard coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2008Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Michel Henri Andre Gonze, Ronny Leontina Marcel Vercauteren
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Publication number: 20110268837Abstract: The present invention provides various methods of improving homogeneity in confectionery mixing processes. In particular, the invention includes such steps as mixing a predetermined amount of confectionery base and/or chewing gum base and bulk sweeteners in a first direction for a first cycle period to provide a mixture; adding a predetermined amount of a flavoring component to the mixture; mixing the mixture in a second direction for a second cycle period; mixing the mixture in the first direction for a third cycle period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventor: Bharat Jani
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Publication number: 20110262589Abstract: A rupturable blister package multilayer cover sheet has top (3) and bottom (4) layers having dual aligned laser scores (6,7) and at least one non-laser scored intermediate layer (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANYInventor: Kristy L. Safarik
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Publication number: 20110262588Abstract: Disclosed are sugar free confectionery products, methods of making, and multilayer structures prepared from the confectionery products and chewing gum.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Cesar C. Elejalde, Bharat Jani, Koichi Enomoto, Deborah Levenson, Joycelyn May, Mary K. Robinson, Kristen Schmitz, Aditi Shetty, Simone A. O'Neill, William John Hirt, Dorothy Euan
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Publication number: 20110262587Abstract: An edible pet chew has a single sheet of a hardened chewable material dimensioned large enough and thin enough to be initially malleable for flexing, folding or rolling into a final shape. The single sheet is shaped into a final shape by flexing, folding or rolling and then hardened.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: Petmatrix LLCInventors: Mark Stern, Peter B. Wheeler
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Publication number: 20110253062Abstract: A edible rawhide-based molded chew with a hollow core is described. The chew is formed by cutting a rawhide sheet into multiple small rawhide pieces. The small rawhide pieces are mixed with a binding agent and water to form a rawhide-based mass. The rawhide-based mass is introduced to mold with a pin to form a molded chew having a hollow core therethrough. The molded chew is removed from the mold. Finally, a flavor basting is applied to the hollow core of the molded chew. The flavor basting provides a smell and flavor to entice a dog to begin and continue chewing on the chew. Thus, the resulting item is a rawhide-based molded chew with a hollow core that is coated with a flavor basting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: JAKKS Pacific, Inc.Inventors: Grant Adkins, Chen Zhen Biao
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Publication number: 20110256262Abstract: A chewing gum includes at least one biodegradable polymer and chewing gum ingredients, the chewing gum containing less than about 2.0 weight percent water of the chewing gum. A biodegradable chewing gum having low moisture has been provided in combination with an initial acceptable texture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Lone Andersen, Helle Wittorff
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Patent number: 8034604Abstract: Increasing the molecular length of xanthan polymer makes a higher viscosity xanthan composition. Xanthan with higher specific viscosity characteristics provides more viscosity at equivalent concentration in food, industrial and oilfield applications. Methods for increasing the viscosity of xanthan include inducing particular key genes and increasing copy number of particular key genes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignees: C.P. Kelco U.S., Inc., Fundacion Instituto LeloirInventors: Yamini Patel, Jane C. Schneider, Luis Ielpi, Maria Veronica Ielmini
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Publication number: 20110229601Abstract: Chewable compositions containing at least 20% of recommended daily allowance of water-soluble vitamins are used to maintain a beneficial amount of such vitamins in a consumer's bloodstream throughout a day. Use of such chewable compositions may be supplemented by additional single dose intake of such water-soluble vitamins.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANYInventors: Michael W. Dodds, Darci C. Chidichimo, Michael J. Greenberg
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Publication number: 20110217413Abstract: The invention relates to a chewing gum product comprising an extruded body portion, the body portion having a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, one or more capillaries being at least partially filled with a fill material and the body portion and/or the fill material comprising gum. The invention also relates to a process of manufacturing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Shama Karu Vaman, Sarah Jayne Prestwood Pearson, Clive Richard Thomas Norton
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Publication number: 20110212220Abstract: A composition comprising used chewing gum and a filler is provided, together with a method of preparing the same. In a preferred method, the chewing gum is subjected to a pre-treatment with an oil or water before being combined with the filler. In an alternative method, the chewing gum is used alone with the filler. A composition comprising used chewing gum, a filler and a polymer is also provided, together with a method of its preparation, in which a pre-mixture of the gum and filler is first prepared, before being combined with the polymer, preferably in a moulding process. Articles prepared from a composition of used chewing gum, a filler and a polymer are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventor: Anna Louise Bullus