Patent ID: 6726897
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A23G,A23V

Abstract:
A confectionery composition comprising:(i) greater than about 1% of a polyphosphate material with an average anion chain length of greater than or equal to 3; (ii) greater than about 10 ppm of a metal cation selected from the metals of groups 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 16 of the periodic table; (iii) less than about 10% water; and (iv) a suitable confectionery carrier material, which is a chewing gum base, wherein the ratio of polyphosphate anion to metal cation is in the range of from about 10:1 to about 1:1, wherein the confectionery composition has an outer coating and wherein the polyphosphate is dispersed throughput the carrier material and the metal ion dispersed throughout the coat material or vice versa.