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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J. Zyck, North Riverside, IL (US);
Michael J. Greenberg, Northbrook, IL (US);
David G. Barkalow, Deerfield, IL (US);
Scott W. Marske, LaGrange, IL (US);
Philip G. Schnell, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Philip Mazzone, Griffith, IN (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/30 ; A61K 9/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/30 ; A61K 9/68 ;
Abstract
A method of making antacid coated chewing gum products comprises the steps of providing chewing gum cores; providing a coating syrup comprising a bulk sweetener and calcium carbonate having a median particle size of greater than about 3 microns and being suspended in the coating syrup; and applying the coating syrup to the cores and drying the syrup to produce a coating on the cores, the coating containing from about 25% to about 60% calcium carbonate.