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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis Joseph David Bealin-Kelly, Surrey, GB;
Bernhard Hanke, Bad Schwalbach, DE;
Paul Nienaber, Ingelheim, DE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/68 ; A61K 4/700 ; A23G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/68 ; A61K 4/700 ; A23G 3/00 ;
Abstract
A throat drop comprises from 60 to 95% of a candy shell and from 5 to 40% of an aqueous filling, by weight of the drop. The filling comprises, by weight, by 8 to 20% water, from 50 to 85% bulk sweetener, and sufficient emulsifier to provide a contact angle of from 90° to 120°, the filling having a contact angle of greater than 120° in the absence of the emulsifier. The reduction in contact angle relative to a composition without the emulsifier provides an improved perception of liquidity of the filling.