General Foods Limited

Ragnar E Sjonvall

Robert E Klose

Bernard J Bahoshy

George Marvin Glasser

Alina Surmacka Szczesniak

James A Yeransian

A sugar-free, low-calorie chewing gum utilizing polydextrose as the sole soluble bulking agent. A non-sweet chewing gum with a snack-type flavor or a low-calorie sweetened gum with aspartame or saccharin.

Low-calorie, sugar-free chewing gum containing polydextrose

This invention relates to a sweetened chewing gum composition which contains L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine ethyl ester (APM) in amounts up to 1.5% by weight of the total product. The improvement comprises a gum which has a pH of between 5.0 and 7.0 so that the degradation of APM to diketopiperazine is minimized and the storage stability of the gum is greatly increased.

Chewing gums of improved sweetness retention

A variety of soup concentrates, each containing meat or vegetable particulates, or both, is prepared with a water soluble solids content sufficient to prevent the soup concentrate from solidifying at home freezer temperatures (0.degree. F. to 15.degree. F.) and thereby effects a readily spoonable, semi-rigid consistency which lends itself to single serving dispensing and dilution with hot water to form an excellent quality soup.

Soup concentrates

This invention relates to a chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, sweetener, flavor and xylitol. The xylitol is contained in the gum in amounts less than 50% by weight of the total gum composition, the xylitol being effective to extend the storage stability of the gum.

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Eastchester, NY, United States of America

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