Wm Wrigley Jr Company

Jack D Nimz

Michael J Greenberg

Robert J Yatka

Joo H Song

Ronald L Ream

Mansukh M Patel

Michael A Reed

David W Record

Gordon N McGrew

Donald J Townsend

Philip G Schnell

David G Barkalow

Henry T Tyrpin

Christine L Corriveau

Steven E Zibell

David L Witkewitz

Sonya S Johnson

William J Wokas

Jeffrey S Hook

James Roy Maxwell

Daniel J Zyck

Michael P Russell

Victor V Gudas

Daniel J Sitler

Donald Arthur Seielstad

Rebecca Ann Aumann

Thomas M Tongue, Jr

A method for producing a chewing gum with a controlled release active agent, as well as the chewing gum so produced, is obtained by physically modifying the release properties of the active agent, such as a nutraceutical or nutritional supplement, by coating and drying. The active agent is coated by encapsulation, partially coated by agglomeration, entrapped by absorption, or treated by multiple steps of encapsulation, agglomeration, and absorption. The coated active agent is preferably then co-dried and particle sized to produce a release-modified active agent for use in chewing gum. The active agent may also be used in a coating on a chewing gum product, as part of a rolling compound applied to the chewing gum product, or as a part of the liquid in a liquid-center chewing gum product.

Nutraceuticals or nutritional supplements and method of making

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Jack D Nimz