IP Library Granted Patent US 12,274,782
Granted Patent B2
US 12,274,782 · App. 17/852,892 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Cannabinoid chewing gum with high intensity sweeteners

Inventors: Heidi Ziegler Bruun (Vejle Ost, DK); Dorthe Schackinger Boesen (Vejle, DK); Ane Eriksen (Vejle, DK)
Assignee: NORDICCAN A/S
A61K9/0058A61K31/05A61K31/192A61K31/352A61K36/185A61K47/26A61K47/40
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Patent No.
US 12,274,782
App. No.
17/852,892
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates cannabinoid chewing gums with improved flavor perception. The cannabinoid chewing gums include water-soluble chewing gum ingredients and water-insoluble gum base, one or more cannabinoids with an off-note taste, one or more high intensity sweeteners in an amount of 0.05 to 0.9% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that partly serves to mask the taste of said unbound cannabinoids, one or more flavoring ingredients in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that in combination with the one or more high intensity sweeteners partly serves to mask the taste of said unbound cannabinoids, wherein the one or more cannabinoids is located in close proximity with the one or more high intensity sweeteners as well as the one or more flavoring ingredients.

Claims (23)

1. A cannabinoid chewing gum with improved flavor perception, the cannabinoid chewing gum comprising water-soluble chewing gum ingredients and water-insoluble gum base,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more cannabinoids that forms part of a cannabinoid extract having a content of terpenes and flavonoids, and wherein at least 90% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids is present in unbound form that does not limit free transfer of the one or more cannabinoids in the chewing gum,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more high intensity sweeteners in an amount of 0.05 to 0.9% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that partly serves to mask the taste of said cannabinoids in unbound form,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more flavoring ingredients in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that in combination with the one or more high intensity sweeteners partly serves to mask the taste of said cannabinoids in unbound form.

2. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more high intensity sweeteners is part of the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients.

3. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more flavoring ingredients is part of the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients.

4. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients and water-insoluble gum base are partly separated in the cannabinoid chewing gum.

5. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum is a layered cannabinoid chewing gum, and wherein the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients are partly located in one layer of the layered cannabinoid chewing gum and the water-insoluble gum base is located in another layer of the layered cannabinoid chewing gum.

6. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum is a layered cannabinoid chewing gum, and wherein the water-soluble chewing gum ingredients are partly located in one layer of the layered cannabinoid chewing gum together with the one or more cannabinoids, the one or more high-intensity sweetener, and the one or more flavors.

7. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum is a layered cannabinoid chewing gum, and wherein the water-insoluble gum base is not located in a layer of the layered cannabinoid chewing gum comprising the one or more cannabinoids.

8. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more high intensity sweeteners is at least 10% by weight of the one or more high intensity sweeteners within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration, and the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.

9. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the release rate of the one or more flavoring ingredients is at least 10% by weight of the one or more flavoring ingredients within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration, and the release rate of the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.

10. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids is selected from the group consisting of cannabidiol (CBD), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), and combinations thereof.

11. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids is selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), and combinations thereof.

12. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids comprises at least two cannabinoids.

13. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids is present in a premixture with one or more sugar alcohols or saccharides.

14. A cannabinoid chewing gum with improved flavor perception, the cannabinoid chewing gum comprising water-soluble chewing gum ingredients and water-insoluble gum base,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more cannabinoids in unbound form with an off-note taste that does not limit free transfer of the one or more cannabinoids in the chewing gum,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more high intensity sweeteners in an amount of 0.05 to 0.9% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that partly serves to mask the taste of said cannabinoids in unbound form,

wherein the cannabinoid chewing gum comprises one or more flavoring ingredients in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by weight of the cannabinoid chewing gum that in combination with the one or more high intensity sweeteners partly serves to mask the taste of said cannabinoids in unbound form,

wherein the release rate of the one or more high intensity sweeteners, the one or more flavoring ingredients, and the one or more cannabinoids is at least 10% by weight within the first 5 minutes upon oral administration.

15. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more cannabinoids in unbound form is one or more isolated cannabinoids and/or one or more synthetic cannabinoids.

16. The cannabinoid chewing gum according to claim 14 , wherein at least 90% by weight of the one or more cannabinoids is present in unbound form.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: BRUUN, HEIDI ZIEGLER; BOESEN, DORTHE SCHACKINGER; ERIKSEN, ANE
To: FERTIN PHARMA A/S
Reel/Frame 060891/0052 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: FERTIN PHARMA A/S
To: MEDCAN PHARMA A/S
Reel/Frame 060891/0083 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: MEDCAN PHARMA A/S
To: NORDICCAN A/S
Reel/Frame 061313/0716 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16257939 · Jan 25, 2019
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