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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A Reed, Evanston, IL (US);
Jeffrey S Hook, Palos Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-3 ; 426654 ;
Abstract
Chewing gum compositions using unsaturated, purified monoglycerides to prolong the flavor release of the gum compositions are disclosed. In the preferred embodiments, gums contain from about 0.1% to 1.0% unsaturated, purified monoglycerides. Preferably the monoglycerides are purified to have greater than 90% monoglycerides. Preferably the unsaturated, purified monoglycerides have an Iodine Value of between about 50 and about 115.