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Chewing gums of longer lasting sweetness and flavor
Assignee: General Foods Corp
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Filing: 1975-12-29
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Granted: 1976-09-21
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Expires: 1995-12-29
Abstract
Abstract Chewing gums having longer lasting sweetness and flavor are prepared from compositions comprising a chewable gum base, flavor, sweetener in an amount sufficient to impart normally accepted sweetness to the gum, and L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester in an amount effective to produce longer lasting sweetness and flavor. The chewing gums may be either sugar-containing or sugarless.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard J. Bahoshy
- 👤 Robert E. Klose
- 👤 Harold A. Nordstrom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:56
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G4/00; A23G4/06; A23G4/10; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/30; A23L27/31; A23L27/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
In a sweetened chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar, sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide artificial sweetener in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartylL-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
In a sweetened chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar, sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide artificial sweetener in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartylL-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
Chewing gum composition of claim 1 wherein said amount of L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is from about 0.1% to about 1.5% by weight of the final gum composition effective to produce a longer lasting sweetness and flavor in said gum.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
82 words
In a sweetened chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide sweetener selected from the group consisting of saccharin and cyclamate and mixtures thereof in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
In a sweetened chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide sweetener selected from the group consisting of saccharin and cyclamate and mixtures thereof in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
Chewing gum composition of claim 3 wherein said amount of L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is from about 0.1% to about 1.5% by weight of the final gum composition effective to produce a longer lasting sweetness and flavor in said gum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
83 words
In a sweetened sugarless chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide sweetener selected from the group consisting of saccharin and cyclamate and mixtures thereof in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
In a sweetened sugarless chewing gum composition which comprises gum base, flavor and major amount of sweet bulking agent selected from the group consisting of sugar alcohols and mixtures thereof and a non-dipeptide sweetener selected from the group consisting of saccharin and cyclamate and mixtures thereof in an amount sufficient to impart normal sweetness to a said gum the improvement which comprises at least 0.1% L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by weight of the total gum composition whereby the normal sweetness and flavor is extended.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
Chewing gum composition of claim 5 wherein said amount of L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is from about 0.1% to about 1.5% by weight of the final gum composition effective to produce a longer lasting sweetness and flavor in said gum.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-09-21 | 1980-03-22 | 1980-09-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-09-21 | 1984-03-22 | 1984-09-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-09-21 | 1988-03-22 | 1988-09-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |