A - Human Necessities – 23 – G
Patent
A - Human Necessities
23
G
A23G 4/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2204142
The present invention is directed at chewing gum compositions having long-lasting breath freshening perception without bitterness comprising (a) a gum base; (b) a bulking agent; and (c) a cooling composition; wherein the cooling composition comprises menthol and an N-substituted-p-menthane carboxamide, wherein the carboxamide may be represented by formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 may be independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl group containing from 1 to 25 carbon atoms, with the proviso that when R1 is hydrogen, R2 may be an aryl group containing from 6 to carbon atoms and, R1 and R2 when taken together, may be a cyclic or heterocyclic group containing up to 25 carbon atoms; and wherein the N-substituted-p-menthane carboxamide is present in the cooling composition in an amount from about 0.001% to about 6%, and menthol is present in the cooling composition in an amount from about 94% to about 99.999%, and whereby the amount of menthol related to the chewing gum composition is 0.7% to 2% by weight. The present invention is also directed at confectionery compositions containing the novel cooling composition and methods for preparing the novel chewing gum and confectionery compositions.
L'invention porte sur un chewing-gum à pouvoir persistant de rafraîchissement de l'haleine et sans amertume comprenant (a) une gomme base, (b) un agent gonflant, et (c) une substance rafraîchissante comportant du menthol et de la p-menthane carboxamide substituée en N, ladite carboxamide pouvant être représentée par la formule (1) où R1 et R2 peuvent être choisis indépendamment parmi hydrogène, un groupe alkyle à 1 à 25 atomes de carbone, sous réserve que si R1 est hydrogène, R2 soit un groupe aryle à 6 à 10 atomes de carbone et que R1 et R2 pris ensemble puissent être un groupe cyclique ou hétérocyclique contenant jusqu'à 25 atomes de carbone. La p-menthane carboxamide substituée en N représente entre 0,001 % et 6 % de la composition, et le menthol, entre 94 % et 99,999 %. L'invention porte également sur des produits de confiserie incluant la nouvelle composition rafraîchissante et des procédés de préparation du nouveau chewing-gum et desdits produits de confiserie.
Cadbury Adams Usa Llc
Macrae & Co.
Warner-Lambert Company
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