Patent ID: 6159509
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A23G,H01L

Abstract:
A method of making a chewing gum product with improved sensory benefits comprising the steps of:a) forming a chewing gum composition comprising from about 5% to about 95% gum base, from about 5% to 95% bulking and sweetening agents and from about 0.1% to about 15% flavor; andb) adding from about 0.005% to about 0.5% perillartine to the chewing gum composition;wherein the perillartine is first combined with the flavor, and the perillartine/flavor mixture is then added to the gum base and the bulking and sweetening agents to form the chewing gum product having improved sensory benefits and the improved sensory benefits are oral, trigeminal effects.