Patent ID: 9651541
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A23G,A23V,A61K,A61P,A61Q,G01N

Claim:
1. An acidic solid oral composition, which is a boiled sweet, a candy, a lollipop, a jelly, a chewing gum, a drop, a pastille, a lozenge, an ice cream, a sorbet or a tablet, comprising a calcium component and an acid component, wherein the composition stimulates saliva production and is non-erosive to teeth in saliva, wherein the calcium component is selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, calcium hydroxide, calcium citrate, calcium malate, calcium lactate, calcium chloride, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium acetate, calcium sulphate, and calcium formate, or hydrates or combinations thereof, wherein the acid component is selected from the group consisting of citric add, malic acid, ascorbic acid, tartaric acid, acetic acid, fumaric acid and lactic acid, wherein amounts of the calcium component and the acid component in the solid oral composition are adjusted so as to provide (i) a pH in a range of 2.5 to 3.2, when the solid oral composition is dissolved in an equal amount by weight of highly purified water, and (ii) a calcium content in the acidic solid oral composition within the following limits: the pH being as indicated above, with the proviso that the solid oral composition does not include a polyphosphate that is a phosphate polymer having a number (n) of phosphate groups wherein the number of phosphate groups (n) is at least 3.