Warner-lambert Company

Thomas J Kuncewitch

Michael Glass

Marc Degady

Miles Van Niekerk

Daniel A Orlandi

Jose F Zamudio-Tena

Jose N Silva

A method, system and apparatus for continuously producing coated tablets or pellets of liquid-filled gum material. An extruded rope of liquid-filled gum material is formed, sized, and separated into individual pellets of liquid-filled gum material. A tablet-forming mechanism having pairs of chain mechanisms with open mating die groove members separate the rope of gum material into individual pieces and form it into individual pellets. The open die groove members have curved non-flat configurations such that the die cavities form pellets of liquid-filled gum material with curved non-flat configurations. The formed pellets of gum material are cooled in a cooling mechanism, conditioned at an appropriate low humidity, low temperature environment, and then coated with a hard sugar or sugarless shell.

Method and apparatus for continuously forming coated center-filled gum products

The present invention pertains to an edible coated composition which comprises (a) a core material comprising sorbitol, (b) a primary coating layer comprising zein over the core material, and (c) a sugarless secondary coasting layer over the primary coating layer. The present invention also pertains to methods for preparing the edible coated compositions.

Zein as a moisture barrier for sugarless edible compositions and method

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Long Valley, NJ, United States of America

Thomas J Kuncewitch