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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshinori Sato, Niiza, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nagaoka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Sato, Niiza, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nagaoka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Nagaoka & Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provide a gum base composition which has an excellent chewing texture and is disintegratable and biodegradable comprising biodegradable ingredients, including a lactic acid polymer comprising a poly-L-lactic acid polymer and/or other lactic acid polymers having a glass transition temperature higher than 50° C. in an amount of from 5% by weight to 60% by weight, and an emulsifying plasticizer in an amount of from 1% by weight to 20% by weight. The weight average molecular weight of the lactic acid polymer to be used is preferably 50,000 to 200,000.