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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:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Archie L Hightower, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-3 ; 426662 ;
Abstract
A color stable chewing gum base, and chewing gum that contains the chewing gum base, that does not include phosphatidyl ethanolamine. Preferably, the bases include a modified phosphatide. The modified phosphatide is substituted for at least the phosphatidyl ethanolamine that is present in commercially available lecithin oil. The use of modified phosphatides, and in particular, acetylated phosphatidyl ethanolamine, hinders the reaction responsible for the discoloration of the base, thus reducing or eliminating darkening of the gum base over time at elevated temperatures.