Abstract:
The invention relates to a chewing gum comprising chewing gum ingredients, said chewing gum comprising at least one elastomer and at least one resin, said at least one resin comprising at least one synthetic biodegradable homopolymer resin, the amount of said synthetic biodegradable homopolymer of said chewing gum being from about ½% to 60% by weight of said chewing gum. The obtained non-tack properties combined with acceptable chew feel is according to an embodiment of the invention obtained by a combination of a biodegradable homopolymer and an elastomer in the chewing gum.
Abstract:
A chewing gum includes at least one styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer (SIS) in an amount from about 0.1% to about 70% by weight of the chewing gum. According to an advantageous embodiment, a chewing gum may be obtained which shows much improved features with regard to rheological properties, elastic properties and storage abilities.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a chewing gum comprising at least one polyethylene (PE) polymer in an amount from about 15% to about 99% by weight of the elastomeric polymer content of said chewing gum, at least one synthetic elastomer chosen from the group of Polyisobutylene (PIB), Butyl Rubber, Polyisoprene and Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) in an amount from about 1% to about 85% by weight of the elastomeric polymer content of said chewing gum and wherein said at least one polyethylene polymer has a molecular weight (Mw) above 25,000 g/mol.
Abstract:
A chewing gum comprising at least one biodegradable polymer, sweetener in an amount from about 0.5% to about 95% of said chewing gum, one or more flavoring agents, filler in an amount from about 0 to 50% by weight of said chewing gum, further chewing gum ingredients and at least one enzyme, wherein said at least one enzyme is comprised in a hydrophobic enzyme formulation. According to the invention, it has been established that an enzymatically activated degradation may by obtained when applying a hydrophobic enzyme formulation even though the hydrophobic enzyme formulation, e.g. when applying a dispersion of substantially hydrophilic enzymes in a hydrophobic medium such as oil, might be suspected to have a negative influence on the functionality of the enzymes at the active sites of the applied enzyme.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a chewing gum having modified release, said chewing gum comprising at least one resinous polyester polymer in an amount from about 0.1% to about 70% by weight of said chewing gum, and at least one non-polyester elastomer in an amount from about ½% to about 70% by weight of said chewing gum, the amount of natural resins being less than about 2% by weight of said chewing gum and the amount of polyvinyl acetate (PVA) being less than about 14% by weight of said chewing gum. The obtained chewing gum, thus benefits from the advantageous texture properties of e.g. non-polyester elastomer such as butyl rubber, poly isobutylene, SBR or derivatives thereof combined with the advantageous release and textural properties of the polyester polymer when applied with a relatively low amount of PVA and a very low amount of a natural resin