CHEWING GUM BASE, CHEWING GUM AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A23G4/06 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry. The chewing gum base contains thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers. The elastomers represent copolymers of ethylene and another olefin. The other olefin is selected from among butene-1, 4-methylpentene, hexene and octene. Alternatively, the thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers represent copolymers of propylene and another olefin. In this case the other olefin is selected from among alpha-olefins C₄-C₁₀. Alternatively, the elastomers represent copolymers of two olefins. In this case the olefins are also selected from among alpha-olefins C₄-C₁₀. The chewing gum is produced by way of mixing the above chewing gum base, a water-soluble volume-forming filler and a flavouring agent.

EFFECT: invention enables production of a chewing gum with a taste and consistence acceptable for the user as ell as reduce this product manufacture time and to reduce energy consumption.

17 cl, 7 tbl, 19 ex