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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Subraman R Cherukuri, Towaco, NJ (US);
Gul Mansukhani, Staten Island, NY (US);
Steven M Faust, Stanhope, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-5 ; 426 96 ;
Abstract
An improved food acid delivery system that effects a controlled release of the acid provides prolonged sourness, flavor and juiciness duration in chewing gums, pharmaceuticals and other confections. The food acid is encapsulated in a matrix comprised of an emulsifier and a polyvinyl acetate, the type of which is selected according to the water solubility of said food acid. A chewing gum composition employing the delivery system and a method for the preparation of both the delivery system and the gum composition are disclosed.