Wm Wrigley Jr Company

Jingping Liu

Michael J Greenberg

Joo H Song

David R Phillips

Minmin Tian

Kaichang Li

Xiangmin Han

Weisheng Li

Charles P Orfan

Xiaohu Xia

John W Foster

Xiaoqun Mo

Willy Weisheng Lee

Les Morgret

Leonard Haring, Jr

Rafael Bras

Jack Foster

Justin M Swagler

Pere Ruiz Donaire

Roser Amposta Estruch

Julie Hassler

Niku Tseng

Rafael E Bras

David Phillips

Eric Klingenberg

Compositions of chewing gum base that can include hydrocolloids and coupling agents are provided. Methods of making gum bases and chewing gum formulations are also provided.

Chewing gums with cross-linked hydrocolloids and coupling agents

A chewing gum product containing a cross-linked gelatin matrix gum base and a bulking agent of erythritol, mannitol, or mixtures thereof. The cross-linked gelatin matrix can make up all or a portion of the gum base and still be comparable to that of a traditional elastomeric chewing gum product in its elasticity, cohesiveness, and feel in the mouth. The chewing gum of the present invention is also more environmentally friendly because it can be digestible and partially replace the need for petroleum-derived elastomers.

Chewing gum containing a cross-linked gelatin matrix gum base

A chewing gum base comprises food acceptable substituted polysaccharides wherein substituents on the saccharide units in the polysaccharides produce a degree of substitution of at least I.0. The polysaccharides may have branches with an average length of 1 to 15 saccharide units per branch. The polysaccharides may be linked saccharide units such as allose, altrose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, 3,6 anhydro galactose, glucuronic acid, mannuronic acid, galacturonic acid, aldobiouronic acid, fucose, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, talose, acyl substituted glucose, fructose, lactose and combinations thereof.

Chewing gum base containing substituted polysaccharides and chewing gum products made there from

Chewing gums and chewing gum bases which are cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature contains a block copolymer having at least two hard crystallizable polymeric blocks and at least one soft polymeric block. At least one hard polymeric block is a hard crystallizable polymeric block has a melting point greater than 20&#xb0; C. The hard, crystallizable polymeric blocks and the soft blocks each have a degree of polymerization of at least 15 Characteristics of the block copolymers can be selected to produce gum bases and chewing gums having desired properties. In some cases, chewed cuds formed from the gum bases may exhibit improved removability from environmental surfaces to which they may become undesirably attached.

Chewing gums and gum bases comprising block copolymers having crystallizable hard blocks

A chewing gum base which is cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature contains water-insoluble highly substituted starch short chain carboxylate. The highly substituted starch short chain carboxylate may be plasticized to function as an elastomer in the gum base.

Chewing gum and gum bases containing highly substituted starch short chain carboxylates

Prolamine blends including at least one polyester and methods of preparing same are provided. The blends can be used for making chewing gum bases, especially biodegradable chewing gum bases. The blends are also useful for making other edible products as well as eco-friendly packaging films, coatings, adhesives, and encapsulation vehicles for medicament delivery and the like.

Chewing gum products including prolamine blends

An animal digestible chewing gum composition is provided comprising a water soluble gum portion and water insoluble gum base portion including an animal digestible elastomer. Additionally, a method for creating an animal digestible chew gum is provided comprising the steps of creating a chewing gum base that includes a sufficient amount of an animal digestible elastomer to create a resultant chewing gum that is more digestible by an animal than a chewing gum without such an elastomer, and adding to the chewing gum base a water soluble portion to create a resultant chewing gum.

Ingestible chewing gum for animals

Ingestible and degradable gum bases and chewing gums including enzymatically hydrolyzed zein are provided. Additionally, methods of producing gum base and chewing gums are provided.

Ingestible and degradable chewing gum including enzymatic hydrolysates of proteins

Plasticized prolamine compositions and methods of preparing same are provided. The compositions can be used for making chewing gum bases, especially as biodegradable chewing gum bases. The inventive plasticizers are selected from a group of N-acyl derivatives of amino acids. The compositions are also useful for making other edible products as well as eco-friendly packaging films, coatings, adhesives, and encapsulation vehicles for medicament delivery and the like.

Plasticized prolamine compositions

Chewing gum bases, and resultant chewing gums, that are environmentally friendly are provided. The chewing gum base comprising approximately 1 to about 99% by weight polyhydroxyalkanoates having side chain lengths of C,to C,.

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Jingping Liu