Process for the production of sugarless chewing gum

摘要

A sugarless chewing gum composition of improved quality is prepared from an ordinary chewing gum base, using sorbitol as a sweetener. According to the invention 75-100% of the sorbitol is used in the form of a highly evaporated sorbitol syrup, containing gluconic acid or a water-soluble salt of such acid, preferably in the ratio of 2-12 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of sorbitol.