SPRAY-FORMED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT, APPARATUS AND METHOD
The present disclosure provides apparatuses, methods, and products, directed to confectionery products containing a melted gum base composition. A dispensing device sprays particles of a molten gum base composition onto an edible substrate. The molten gum base composition solidifies to form the melted gum base composition. The melted gum base composition may contain one or more organoleptic components and may be in layer form, in the shape of an object, or in the shape of a three-dimensional object.
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19 . A method for producing a confectionery product comprising:
providing an edible substrate,
spraying particles of a molten gum base composition onto a surface of said edible substrate; and
forming a multiple phase confectionery product.
20 . The method of claim 19 comprising forming a layer of the molten gum base composition on the surface.
21 . The method of claim 20 comprising forming a second layer of the molten gum base composition on the layer.
22 . The method of claim 19 comprising forming, with molten gum base composition, an object on the surface.
23 . The method of claim 19 comprising forming, with the molten gum base composition, a three-dimensional object on the surface.
24 . The method of claim 19 comprising changing an ingredient of the molten gum base composition during the spraying.
25 . The method of claim 19 comprising dispensing an organoleptic component on the edible substrate.
26 . The method of claim 25 comprising changing, during the spraying, a component of the organoleptic component.
27 . The method of claim 19 comprising spraying a first molten gum base composition on a first portion of the edible substrate and spraying a second molten gum base composition different than the first molten gum base composition on a second portion of the edible substrate.
28 . The method of claim 19 comprising dispensing an organoleptic component on a material selected from the group consisting of the molten chewing gum base composition, the edible substrate, and combinations thereof.
29 . The method of claim 19 comprising printing an edible ink-indicia on a material selected from the group consisting of the molten gum base composition, the edible substrate, and combinations thereof.
30 . A method for producing a chewing gum product comprising:
providing a chewing gum substrate having a thickness less than a predetermined thickness;
spraying a layer of a molten chewing gum base composition on the chewing gum substrate to form a chewing gum product having the predetermined thickness.
31 . The method of claim 30 comprising repeating the spraying to obtain the predetermined thickness.
32 . The method of claim 30 wherein the predetermined thickness is selected from the group consisting of the thickness of a chewing gum stick, the thickness of a chewing gum tab, and the thickness of a chewing gum pellet.