Patent ID: 6926916

Claim:
A chewing gum composition including water soluble and water insoluble components and comprising: a. from about 0.1% to about 50% of a particulate polymeric surface active agent having: (i) a particle size such that a particle of said polymeric surface active agent passes through a 2 mm mesh and is retained by a 0.1 mm mesh; (ii) an aqueous solubility of at least 5 g per 100 ml at 25° C.; b. up to about 10% of water; and c. from about 40% to about 99% of carrier materials, wherein said particulate polymeric surface active agent provides a crunchy texture which lasts throughout the initial minutes of mastication and disappears over time leaving no gritty residue, and surface conditioning effects of a subject's teeth and mucosal surfaces including (a) increased hydrophilic surface on teeth and a hydrophobic surface on the mucosa as measured by changed water contact angles, (b) increased total surface energy of teeth, (c) increased Lewis base score and (d) description of adsorbed pellicle proteins, thereby conferring improved intraoral cleaning and smooth tooth feel impression.