The present invention relates to a method for producing transparently sugar-coated chewing gum having a heterogeneously structured chewing gum core and a transparent sugar-coated surface layer enveloping this core, wherein colored carbohydrate particles, which are scattered on and rolled into a surface of the extruded shaped chewing-gum body before the sugar-coating, are visible through the transparent sugar-coated surface layer.

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.

Delayed release in chewing gum of a food-grade acid, is provided by encapsulating the food-grade acid in specific amounts of a poly(vinyl acetate) and a fatty acid salt. When incorporated into a chewing gum, the food-grade acid encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate) and fatty acid salt provides a more delayed release of a sour flavor than food-grade acid encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate) alone.

An edible product and method for making an edible product including a core composition having at least one outer surface and at least one edible, three dimensional object secured to the at least one outer surface, where the object includes a binder material and a deliverable component selected from the group consisting of flavors, colors, sweeteners, actives, sensates, effervescent components, and combinations thereof. Also, a method for delivery of at least one deliverable component including placing such products in the mouth of a user and releasing the deliverable component from the edible, three dimensional object.

An extruded confection comprised of one or multiple layers, wherein at least one layer provides a hard and brittle layer when chewed. Moreover, combinations of select saccharides are provided to achieve desired textural attributes when extruded as a lone layer or as one layer in a multiple layer confection. A process for creating the hard and brittle confection layer, which takes into account the rate of crystal growth of the saccharides is used to make the confection.

The present disclosure provides chewable tablets comprising (i) a compressed core including a bioactive molecule; (ii) a protective layer over said compressed core, and (iii) one or more soft-coating layers over said protective layer, each soft coating layer comprises gum base powder; wherein the protective layer comprises water-insoluble cellulose based polymers, preferably ethyl cellulose based polymer.

The present invention pertains to a method of producing a compressed nicotine tablet comprising nicotine. The method comprising the steps of adding a first powdered portion of tablet base material into a punch die, pressing said first tablet base material by means of an upper and a lower punch to obtain a first pressed material, inserting an object at the upper face of the first pressed material and fixing the object in a central cavity of the first pressed material, adding a second powdered portion of tablet base material into the punch die, and pressing said first and second tablet base material around the object to enclose the object from the surface of the tablet. The object is based on a material different from the first and/or the second powdered portion of tablet base material.

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.

Gum manufacturing methods and systems are provided including a set of rollers for compressive forming and sizing of a chewing gum. Heat transfer systems and methods for altering a temperature of chewing gum are also provided.

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.