Patent ID: 9139360
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23V,A24B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A flavor pouch for oral delivery of one or more flavorants to the human oral cavity, consisting of: a porous membrane of a form to be received in the human oral cavity; and a first flavorant provided in a liquid and contained in a plurality of rupturable beads which are enclosed by said porous membrane, and a second flavorant contained in a plurality of dissolvable beads which are also enclosed by said porous membrane, wherein said first flavorant and said second flavorant are operable to release a flavor through said porous membrane into the human oral cavity; wherein said porous membrane was initially provided in sheet form, was folded to completely enclose said rupturable beads containing said first flavorant and said dissolvable second flavorant beads containing said second flavorant, and the overlapping outer region of said porous membrane having been sealed; and wherein said first flavorant is capable of immediate release into the oral cavity on demand if desired by the mastication with rupture of said one or more rupturable beads, and said second flavorant is capable of release through dissolution with the exposure of flavorant contained therein over an extended duration of time upon contact with saliva.