Patent ID: 8685478

Claim:
A flavor pouch for oral delivery of one or more flavorants to the human oral cavity, consisting of: a porous membrane to be received in the human oral cavity; and a first flavorant provided in a liquid and contained in a plurality of rupturable beads which are enclosed by said porous membrane, and a second flavorant contained in a plurality of dissolvable beads which are also enclosed by said porous membrane, wherein said first flavorant and said second flavorant are operable to release a flavor through said porous membrane into the human oral cavity; wherein said dissolvable beads containing said porous membrane was initially provided in sheet form, was folded to completely enclose said rupturable beads containing said first flavorant and said second flavorant at a central region, and the overlapping outer regions of said porous membrane were heat sealed in an arcuate configuration; and wherein said first flavorant is capable of immediate release into the oral cavity on demand if desired by the mastication with rupture of said one or more rupturable beads, and said second flavorant is capable of release through dissolution with the exposure of flavorant contained therein over an extended duration of time upon contact with saliva.