Chewing Gum with a Liquid Filling

Abstract

A chewing gum with a liquid filling, comprising a chewing gum mass that has one or more cavities, and a liquid filling contained in the cavities, characterized in that the liquid filling contains alcohol. The invention also relates to a method for producing a chewing gum of this type and to a liquid filling for the chewing gum.

Claims

1: A chewing gum having a liquid filling, comprising a chewing gum mass having one or more cavities, and a liquid filling which is located in the cavities, characterized in that the liquid filling contains alcohol.

2: The chewing gum of claim 1, wherein the alcohol contained in the liquid filling comprises an alcoholic beveragepreferably a spirit.

3: The chewing gum of claim 2, characterized in that the alcoholic beverage has an alcohol content of more than 30 vol %.

4: The chewing gum of claim 2, characterized in that the alcoholic beverage is contained in the liquid filling at up to 10 wt %.

5: The chewing gum of claim 1, characterized in that the liquid filling further comprises a constituent that enhances the thermal effect of the alcohol; preferably, the constituent is selected from capsicum extract, pepper powder, pepper extract, and ginger extract.

6: The chewing gum of claim 5, characterized in that the constituent which enhances the thermal effect of the alcohol is present in a range of 0.002 wt % to 0.015 wt %.

7: The chewing gum of claim 1, characterized in that the liquid filling is present in an edible capsule.

8: A method for producing a chewing gum, wherein the chewing gum comprises: a chewing gum mass comprising one or more cavities, and a liquid filling which is located in the one or more cavities, wherein the liquid filling contains alcohol; and wherein the liquid filling is filled directly into the one or more cavities, or the liquid filling is filled into edible capsules which are mixed with the chewing gum mass.

9: The method of claim 18, characterized in that the alcoholic beverage is diluted in a solution of polyols.

10: A liquid filling for a chewing gum, characterized in that the filling contains alcoholpreferably in the form of an alcoholic beverage, and preferably in the form of a spirit.

11: The chewing gum of claim 3, characterized in that the alcoholic beverage is contained in the liquid filling at up to 10 wt %.

12: The chewing gum of claim 1, wherein the liquid filling further comprises a constituent that enhances the thermal effect of the alcohol.

13: The chewing gum of claim 12, wherein the constituent comprises capsicum extract, pepper powder, pepper extract, ginger extract, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing.

14: The chewing gum of claim 2, wherein the liquid filling further comprises a constituent that enhances the thermal effect of the alcohol; preferably, the constituent is selected from capsicum extract, pepper powder, pepper extract, and ginger extract.

15: The chewing gum of claim 2, wherein the liquid filling is present in an edible capsule.

16: The chewing gum of claim 5, wherein the liquid filling is present in an edible capsule.

17: The chewing gum of claim 12, wherein the liquid filling is present in an edible capsule.

18: The chewing gum of claim 2, wherein the alcoholic beverage is diluted in a solution of polyols.

19: The method of claim 8, wherein the alcohol comprises an alcoholic beverage.

20: The liquid filling of claim 10, wherein the alcoholic beverage is diluted in a solution of polyols.

Description

[0041] There are, then, various possibilities for designing and developing the teaching of the present invention in an advantageous manner. For this purpose, reference is made on the one hand to the claims dependent upon claim 1, and, on the other, to the following exemplary embodiments of the invention.

EXAMPLE 1

[0042] The present example shows two compositions, by way of example, for a chewing gum mass.

TABLE-US-00001 A) B) Chewing gum base mass 30 wt % 35 wt % Maltitol syrup 15 wt % 10 wt % Xylitol 5 wt % 35 wt % Mannitol 5 wt % 5 wt % Sorbitol 10 wt % 10 wt % Maltitol 30 wt % Liquid flavor 2 wt % 2 wt % Flavor (powder) 2 wt % 2 wt % Colorings 1 wt % 1 wt %

EXAMPLE 2

[0043] The present example shows two compositions, by way of example, for a liquid filling of the chewing gum.

Composition A):

[0044]

TABLE-US-00002 Alcoholic beverage: 8 wt % Capsicum extract: 0.01 wt % Flavor 1 wt % Coloring 1 wt % Thickener (optional) 1 wt % Glycerol 40 wt % Maltitol syrup 48.99 wt %

Composition B):

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TABLE-US-00003 Alcoholic beverage: 3 wt % Capsicum extract: 0.005 wt % Flavor 1 wt % Coloring 1 wt % Thickener (optional) 1 wt % Maltitol syrup 48 wt % Glycerol 45.995 wt %

[0046] With regard to further advantageous embodiments of the article according to the invention, in order to avoid repetition, reference is made to the general part of the description and to the appended claims.

[0047] Finally, it is expressly pointed out that the embodiments of the chewing gum according to the invention described above are merely used to explain the claimed teaching, but do not limit the teaching to the embodiments.