| 摘要 |
<p>Chewing gum products containing polydextrose and methods of making such products are disclosed. In one embodiment, the polydextrose is used in a rolling compound applied to the chewing gum product. In a second embodiment, the polydextrose is used in a hard-shell coating for a pellet gum. In a third embodiment, polydextrose is used in the center fill of a chewing gum. In a fourth embodiment, aspartame is used to sweeten the gum composition and polydextrose is provided in an effective amount to stabilize the aspartame such that after eight weeks of storage at 85 °F, at least 5 % less aspartame decomposes than would have decomposed if the polydextrose was not included. Polydextrose is also co-dried with other sweeteners, coevaporated to make syrups and used as an encapsulating agent for high-intensity sweeteners or flavors used in gum compositions.</p> |
