CHEWING GUM CONTAINING OLIGOFRUCTROSE

摘要

Chewing gums containing oligofructose (Inulin-oligosaccharides) and methods of making such gums are disclosed. In one embodiment, the gum comprises about 5 % to about 95 % gum base, about 0.1 % to about 10 % flavoring agent and oligofructose, the oligofructose being the only bulk sweetener. The oligofructose provides the gum with unique properties, and the gum is non-cariogenic. In other embodiments, the oligofructose is codried with other sweeteners or coevaporated with a plasticizing syrup to produce unique sweetening ingredients and syrups for gum. The oligofructose may also be provided in the form of a rolling compoud on the gum, or used to form a hard coating for a coated pellet gum.