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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
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);
WM. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
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 a neutralizing antacid suspended in the coating syrup, the coating syrup containing from about 25% to about 50% by weight of the solids in the syrup of a neutralizing antacid, selected from the group consisting of aluminum salts, bismuth salts, magnesium salts, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sodium potassium tartrate, tricalcium phosphate and mixtures thereof, and applying the coating syrup to the cores and drying the syrup to produce a coating on the cores. Methods of use of the product to provide relief in the gastrointestinal tract are also included.