CHEWING GUM SNACKS; AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF

摘要

Disclosed herein are chewing gum snack products having multi-sensorial attributes of flavor, texture, and visual appeal which provides a snack-like quality at the initial stage of chewing that then transitions to chewing gum-like qualities at later stages of chewing.

主权项

1. A multi-textured chewing gum product, comprising:
a.) a chewing gum composition portion and a confectionery composition portion where a region of the chewing gum composition portion is exposed; or b.) a first chewing gum composition portion and a second chewing gum composition portion, the first chewing gum composition portion having a different composition and different texture than the second chewing gum composition portion, and where a region of the first or second chewing gum composition portion is exposed; the multi-textured chewing gum product has an initial crunch characteristic determined by a Texture Analyzer Test where there are at least three changes in slope direction in a stress versus probe penetration (%) curve and at least one negative slope that covers a stress range of at least 1, at least 1.5, at least 2, or at least 2.5 million pascals; wherein the Texture Analyzer Test provides results as stress versus probe penetration (%).