Wm Wrigley Jr Company

Scott E Hartman

Steven P Synosky

Charles P Orfan

John W Foster

Archie L Hightower

Michael A Reed

Jayant C Dave

Dinah Diaz

Daniel A Vento

Gerard Mey

A chewing gum composition is provided comprising a water soluble gum portion and a water insoluble gum base portion including an elastic protein-based polymer. Additionally, a method for creating an environmentally acceptable chewing gum is provided comprising the steps of creating a chewing gum base that includes a sufficient amount of elastic protein-based polymer to create a resultant chewing gum that is more environmentally acceptable than a chewing gum without elastic protein-based polymer, and adding to the chewing gum base a water soluble portion to create the resultant chewing gum.

Environmentally friendly chewing gum compositions containing elastic

Improved gum base and chewing gum made therefrom. The gum base includes non-soy lecithin. The non-soy lecithin may be either in a liquid state or powder form.

Gum base in chewing gum having improved compatibility and flavor

A gum base, as well as methods for making same, is provided which is free of wax, but has an increased glass transition temperature. It has been found by removing or reducing gum base vinyl polymer softeners that the glass transition temperature of the gum base can be raised to a temperature wherein even at elevated ambient temperatures, blocking (agglomeration) does not occur.

Wax-free chewing gum base

A chewing gum elastomer is stabilized with a specific mixture of tocopherol homologs, thereby eliminating the need for synthetic antioxidants. The mixture of tocopherol homologs falls within the range of 7-20% by weight alpha tocopherol, 45-75% by weight gamma tocopherol, 18-32% by weight delta tocopherol and, optionally, 0-3% by weight beta tocopherol.

Use of tocopherol to stabilize chewing gum rubber

Chewing gum and chewing gum bases containing vinyl laurate/vinyl acetate copolymer as a primary elastomer component are provided. The gum compositions also contain certain elastomer plasticizers, softeners, and low melting point waxes. The chewing gum bases provided are substantially free of polyvinyl acetate and glycerol triacetate, and are particularly useful in bubble gum compositions.

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Roosevelt, NJ, United States of America

Scott E Hartman