Patent ID: 6534042
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
An oral gel composition comprising:a) about 0.01 weight % to about 5 weight % of a citrus flavor, citrus flavor ingredient, or mixtures thereof; b) about 0.01 weight % to about 5 weight % of a phenolic, said phenolic selected from the group consisting of menthol, eucalyptol, methyl salicylate, thymol, and mixtures thereof and c) an orally acceptable carrier, wherein the unpleasant taste of the phenolic is masked by the citrus flavor, citrus flavor ingredient, or mixtures thereof as the essential phenolic taste masking agent to act as an antagonist to phenolic taste receptors on the tongue, said composition being low temperature stable and substantially clear and substantially free of precipitants, flocculants, or crystals at about room temperature.