DEGRADABLE CHEWING GUM AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

摘要

A degradable chewing gum composition including about 5 to about 90 weight percent of a water-insoluble gum base and about 0.1 to about 15 weight percent of an alternating copolymer of maleic anhydride and a C2-C10 alkene is described. The alternating copolymer facilitates environmental degradation of improperly disposed chewing gum cuds. Also described is a method of preparing the chewing gum composition.