A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.

A method for separating a comestible structure into a plurality of comestible structures includes providing at least one comestible structure including at least one score line to a clamping device, clamping a portion of said at least one comestible structure in said clamping device, and separating said portion from a remainder of said at least one comestible structure at said at least one score line via said clamping device.

A method for separating a comestible structure into a plurality of comestible structures includes providing at least one comestible structure including at least one score line to a clamping device, clamping a portion of said at least one comestible structure in said clamping device, and separating said portion from a remainder of said at least one comestible structure at said at least one score line via said clamping device.

Disclosed is a method of forming chewing gum, the method including providing a pair of rollers, sizing the chewing gum from an unshaped mass into a first chewing gum sheet including a first thickness via a first sizing device, the first sizing device being disposed upstream of the pair of rollers, transporting the first chewing gum sheet with the first thickness to the pair of rollers, and maintaining the chewing gum at the first thickness during the transporting between the first sizing device and the pair of rollers, and sizing the first chewing gum sheet into a second chewing gum sheet having a second thickness using the pair of rollers, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and the second thickness is between about 0.3 mm to 10 mm.

Disclosed is a method of forming chewing gum, the method including providing a pair of rollers, sizing the chewing gum from an unshaped mass into a first chewing gum sheet including a first thickness via a first sizing device, the first sizing device being disposed upstream of the pair of rollers, transporting the first chewing gum sheet with the first thickness to the pair of rollers, and maintaining the chewing gum at the first thickness during the transporting between the first sizing device and the pair of rollers, and sizing the first chewing gum sheet into a second chewing gum sheet having a second thickness using the pair of rollers, wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and the second thickness is between about 0.3 mm to 10 mm.

A unitary elastic mold and cutter combination configured to mold and cut moldable material is disclosed herein. The mold and cutter combination comprises an elastic mold cavity having an elastic bottom wall with an embossed inner surface and an elastic sidewall extending from and unitary with a perimeter of the bottom wall. An elastic cutting blade extends from and is unitary with the sidewall of the mold cavity and is configured to cut moldable material and maintain a substantially consistent perimeter upon cutting. The cutting blade comprises a cutting edge disposed between an inner cutting blade surface and an outer cutting blade surface. The mold and cutter combination may have an elasticity sufficient to release molded material therefrom by hand stretching, wherein the cutting edge, inner cutting blade surface, and the inner surface of the sidewall of the mold cavity are stretched by an amount sufficient to release the molded material.

A unitary elastic mold and cutter combination configured to mold and cut moldable material is disclosed herein. The mold and cutter combination comprises an elastic mold cavity having an elastic bottom wall with an embossed inner surface and an elastic sidewall extending from and unitary with a perimeter of the bottom wall. An elastic cutting blade extends from and is unitary with the sidewall of the mold cavity and is configured to cut moldable material and maintain a substantially consistent perimeter upon cutting. The cutting blade comprises a cutting edge disposed between an inner cutting blade surface and an outer cutting blade surface. The mold and cutter combination may have an elasticity sufficient to release molded material therefrom by hand stretching, wherein the cutting edge, inner cutting blade surface, and the inner surface of the sidewall of the mold cavity are stretched by an amount sufficient to release the molded material.

The present invention relates to the use of porous starch as bulking agent in a chewing gum. The present invention also relates to a process of fabricating the chewing gum and to a chewing gum composition comprising porous starch as bulking agent.

The present invention provides a non-swallowed, antacid chewing gum tablet comprising various antacid components with improved organoleptic properties. The invention also provides an extrusion process for obtaining the non-swallowed, antacid chewing gum tablet as well as the use of the extruded chewing gum tablet as an antacid medicament, and for the prevention and/or the treatment of antacid diseases.

This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing nicotine with a silicon oxide-containing porous solid such that the nicotine absorbs into pores of the porous solid to form a porous solid-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a porous solid-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.