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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Carroll, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Steven M. Kumiega, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61Q 11/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61K 8/345 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01); A23G 3/0014 (2013.01); A23G 3/0023 (2013.01); A23G 3/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rapidly dissolving comestible solid is disclosed that includes a fondant formed from a super saturated solution having a bulk sweetener, a hydrocolloid, a texturizing agent, and water. Other ingredients may also be added, and in embodiments in which the solid is provided as a breath freshener, flavoring agents, cooling agents and/or other ingredients useful in conventional breath freshening products may be used. A method for making the comestible solid is also disclosed.