Patent ID: 8617623
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A23G,A23J,A23L,A23P,A23V,B01J

Abstract:
1. A chewing gum comprising: a) a primary chewing gum composition comprising a gum base, a sweetener and a flavoring agent, and b) a food-acceptable delayed-interaction modification agent wherein a modification agent comprises lipase, and wherein the delayed-interaction modification agent is physically or chemically prevented from substantially interacting or reacting with a targeted primary chewing gum component of the composition until after the gum has been chewed and discarded; c) wherein the delayed-interaction modification agent reacts with the primary chewing gum composition after a chewed cud of the gum composition is formed; and d) wherein the modification agent is present in an amount sufficient to cause the primary chewing gum composition to exhibit increased environmental acceptability after the gum is chewed for 12 minutes and the chewed cud is discarded, as compared to a chewing gum of the same composition but without the delayed-interaction modification agent, and wherein the modification agent comprises between about 5% and about 50% by weight of the delayed-interaction modification agent and wherein the chewed cud comprises at least one fat that remains in the gum cud after chewing.