摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/US92/08356 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 28, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 28, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 30, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/06740 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 1993.Chewing gum products and other comestibles containing fructooligosaccharides and methods of making such products are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fructooligosaccharides are used in a rolling compound applied to the chewing gum product. In a second embodiment, the fructooligosaccharides are used in a coating, such as a hard-shell coating, for a pellet gum. In a third embodiment, fructooligosaccharides are used in the center fill of a chewing gum. In a fourth embodiment, aspartame is used to sweeten the gum composition and fructooligosaccharides are provided, preferably in an effective amount to stabilize the aspartame such that after eight weeks of storage at 85 DEG F., at least 5% less aspartame decomposes than would have decomposed if the fructooligosaccharides were not included. Fructooligosaccharides are also codried with other sweeteners, coevaporated to make syrups and used as an encapsulating agent for high-intensity sweeteners or flavors used in gum compositions. |