PETROLEUM WAX-FREE CHEWING GUMS HAVING IMPROVED FLAVOR RELEASE

摘要

A petroleum wax-free chewing gum with enhanced flavor release, particularly chewing gums with increased perception of breath freshening, are disclosed. Enhanced flavor release is obtained with wax-free chewing gums where the Solubility Parameter, defined as delta = 2ROOT rho SIGMA Ei/M.W. of at least 5 % of the flavoring agent is at least 0.5 units greater than, or less than, the average weighted Solubility Parameter of the gum base used to formulate the wax-free chewing gums of our invention. The greater the difference in Solubility Parameter of flavoring ingredients to the average weighted Solubility Parameter of the wax-free gum bases, the greater the tendency for enhanced flavor release.