This present disclosure provides reliable methods and apparatus for delivering a pharmaceutical active ingredient to a food product that is produced in a batch process. In one example, the active pharmaceutical ingredient is added after the batch food product has been cooked and cooled. The food product can be a candy, a baked good, or any alternative food product that is mixed as a batch and subsequently cooked and cooled.

A confectionery having a grape-like mouthfeel, includes: a solidified gel composition; and a collagen casing coating the solidified gel composition, in which the solidified gel composition has a dynamic viscoelastic pattern similar to that of a flesh of a raw grape. Thus, the confectionery has a grape-like mouthfeel, i.e., a disintegration mouthfeel similar to that of a raw grape with skin. Examples of the dynamic viscoelastic pattern include a dynamic viscoelastic pattern in which a loss tangent value at an angular frequency of 63.1 rad/S decreases by 34 to 83% relative to a loss tangent value at an angular frequency of 3.98 rad/S.

The invention relates to interference pigments based on SiO.sub.2 flakes having a broad layer-thickness distribution, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, powder coatings, plastics and in particular in cosmetic formulations and for colouring food and pharmaceutical products.

Disclosed is a confectionery product including a chewy center, free of gelatine and other hydrocolloids different from gellan gum, including gellan gum, a layer of at least partially amorphous candy material surrounding the chewy center and optionally one or more additional coating layers surrounding the at least partially amorphous candy material layer. The process for manufacturing the confectionery product is also disclosed.

Disclosed is a confectionery product including a chewy center, free of gelatine and other hydrocolloids different from gellan gum, including gellan gum, a layer of at least partially amorphous candy material surrounding the chewy center and optionally one or more additional coating layers surrounding the at least partially amorphous candy material layer. The process for manufacturing the confectionery product is also disclosed.

The present invention is directed toward a candy bar that is designed to offer a consumer a different flavor profile with each bite of the candy bar. The candy bar may be an elongate member having a horizontal length. More specifically, the candy bar may be configured to contain a plurality of cavities within each bar, wherein each cavity includes a filling that is different from the filling of at least one other cavity of the plurality of cavities.

The present invention is directed toward a candy bar that is designed to offer a consumer a different flavor profile with each bite of the candy bar. The candy bar may be an elongate member having a horizontal length. More specifically, the candy bar may be configured to contain a plurality of cavities within each bar, wherein each cavity includes a filling that is different from the filling of at least one other cavity of the plurality of cavities.

The present application provides titanium dioxide free film coating compositions comprising a combination of a water soluble cellulose ether, a water soluble anionic cellulose ether, calcium carbonate and a plasticizer. The invention further provides a process for preparing the film coating compositions and a method of coating solid substrates with such coating compositions.

An oral product configured for oral use is provided herein, the oral product including: at least one sugar substitute in an amount from about 25% to about 45% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a gum in an amount from about 35% to about 55% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a basic amine; and an organic acid, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, or a combination thereof; wherein the organic acid has a log P value of from about 1.0 to about 12.0; wherein at least a portion of the basic amine is associated with at least a portion of the organic acid or the alkali metal salt thereof, the association in the form of a basic amine-organic acid salt, an ion pair between the basic amine and a conjugate base of the organic acid, or both; and wherein the oral product is in the form of a pastille.

An oral product configured for oral use is provided herein, the oral product including: at least one sugar substitute in an amount from about 25% to about 45% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a gum in an amount from about 35% to about 55% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a basic amine; and an organic acid, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, or a combination thereof; wherein the organic acid has a log P value of from about 1.0 to about 12.0; wherein at least a portion of the basic amine is associated with at least a portion of the organic acid or the alkali metal salt thereof, the association in the form of a basic amine-organic acid salt, an ion pair between the basic amine and a conjugate base of the organic acid, or both; and wherein the oral product is in the form of a pastille.