Patent ID: 6645535
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A23G,A61K

Abstract:
A method of making antacid coated chewing gum products comprising the steps of:a) providing chewing gum cores; b) providing a coating syrup comprising: i) a bulk sweetener and ii) a neutralizing antacid suspended in the coating syrup; the coating syrup containing from about 25% to about 50% by weight of the solids in the syrup of the neutralizing antacid, the neutralizing antacid being selected from the group consisting of aluminum salts, bismuth salts, magnesium salts, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, sodium potassium tartrate, tricalcium phosphate and mixtures thereof; and c) applying the coating syrup to the cores and drying the syrup to produce a coating on the cores.