Patent ID: 6511679
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A23G,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A comestible product which comprises a product selected from the group consisting of a tablet, a pressed tablet, a lozenge, a hard candy and a chewy candy which includes between about 40% and about 95% inulin, between about 5% and about 60% fermentable carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, dextrin, invert sugar, fructose, galactose, com syrup solids, maltodextrins, starch, starch derivatives and mixtures therof and between about 0.02% and about 0.3% divalent zinc or copper compound, said percentage being by weight, based on the total weight of the product.