A pharmaceutical tablet for use in administering one or more pharmaceutically active ingredients, comprising a polymer system, the one or more pharmaceutically active ingredients, a flavor, and a sweetener, wherein at least 20% by weight of the pharmaceutical tablet comprises substantially non-elastomeric polymer and less than 5% by weight of the pharmaceutical tablet comprises one or a combination of elastomeric polymers, and wherein the pharmaceutical tablet comprises at least 70% by weight of said polymer system comprising polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and less than 10% by weight of said polymer system comprising polymer having a molecular weight (Mw) greater than 50,000 g/mol.

The present invention provides a chewing gum composition comprising a functional sweetener, which has high sweetness sustainability, excellent refreshing feeling, excellent organoleptic properties, low hygroscopicity, and excellent storage stability.

The present invention provides a chewing gum composition comprising a functional sweetener, which has high sweetness sustainability, excellent refreshing feeling, excellent organoleptic properties, low hygroscopicity, and excellent storage stability.

A collection of therapies that are useful in a speech pathology setting, the common denominator of the therapies is that they each make use of chewing gum. Chewing gum administered to a patient can be used to treat swallowing disorders and oral motor impairments. In a major aspect of the invention, a series or kit of chewing gums of varying hardness can be used to treat mastication disorders. The gum exercise program will use the varying gum hardnesses as exercises for the muscles of the mouth, mastication, oral motor, sensory/stimulation, and swallowing therapeutic interventions. The instant therapies are more functional than existing dysphagia and oral motor interventions because they are similar to masticating real food by eliciting saliva production and taste buds from the gustatory response of the lemon and sour flavors. In addition, for sensory/stimulation exercises, the varying degrees of gum hardness, along with the lemon and other flavors, provide sensory feedback.

A method is provided for making a molten, deposited confectionery product, such as a chewing gum product. In an embodiment of the method for making a chewing gum product, one or more sugar alcohols are blended and melted before adding gum base and other ingredients. The process allows depositing at cooler temperatures than previously believed possible, which simplifies safe processing and protects product quality. In cases where the product is deposited in molds which are part of the packaging, the lower depositing temperatures allow greater flexibility in packaging materials and processes than when the sugar alcohols and other ingredients such as gum base are melted together. A product of the method also is provided.

A method is provided for making a molten, deposited confectionery product, such as a chewing gum product. In an embodiment of the method for making a chewing gum product, one or more sugar alcohols are blended and melted before adding gum base and other ingredients. The process allows depositing at cooler temperatures than previously believed possible, which simplifies safe processing and protects product quality. In cases where the product is deposited in molds which are part of the packaging, the lower depositing temperatures allow greater flexibility in packaging materials and processes than when the sugar alcohols and other ingredients such as gum base are melted together. A product of the method also is provided.

A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix. The biopolymer-sugar based matrix includes at least one biopolymer, at least one sugar and optional additives. Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product can also include flavor beads.

A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix. The biopolymer-sugar based matrix includes at least one biopolymer, at least one sugar and optional additives. Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product can also include flavor beads.

A mixture for the chewing gum which includes a powder-mixture and of a core composed of normal substances for the manufacture of chewing gum (sorbitol, Arabic gum, aromatic substances) and from the addition of the two active substances of caffeine and taurine in a concentration of caffeine from 0.77% to 3.75% and of taurine from 7.7% to 39.6% by weight. The taste of this mixture is deprived of a significant bitterness by the addition of Galium odoratum (woodruff) in a concentration of from 0.3% to 7% by weight, alternatively, it may be replaced by or supplemented with green tea from 0.2% to 4% by weight, where these additives reduce the bitterness of the mixture. It is also possible to add the above substances directly into the core, where, however, the concentration of the content of those substances is lower.

A mixture for the chewing gum which includes a powder-mixture and of a core composed of normal substances for the manufacture of chewing gum (sorbitol, Arabic gum, aromatic substances) and from the addition of the two active substances of caffeine and taurine in a concentration of caffeine from 0.77% to 3.75% and of taurine from 7.7% to 39.6% by weight. The taste of this mixture is deprived of a significant bitterness by the addition of Galium odoratum (woodruff) in a concentration of from 0.3% to 7% by weight, alternatively, it may be replaced by or supplemented with green tea from 0.2% to 4% by weight, where these additives reduce the bitterness of the mixture. It is also possible to add the above substances directly into the core, where, however, the concentration of the content of those substances is lower.