IP Library Granted Patent US 8,114,421
Granted Patent B2
US 8,114,421 · App. 12/367,090 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Coated products containing hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent

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Patent No.
US 8,114,421
App. No.
12/367,090
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a coated product with increased stiffness to reduce the chipping after manufacturing and several days of storage, and before wrapping. A coated product such as confectioneries such as chewing gum, medicines and medicinal tablets wherein the product is coated with a coating composition comprising hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent.

Claims (8)

1. A coated product wherein the product is coated with a coating composition comprising hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent and the coated product is medicine.

2. The coated product of claim 1 wherein the coating composition further comprising a bulking agent.

3. The coated product of claim 1 wherein the hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup is obtained by a process comprising: hydrolyzing pyrodextrin with a combination of alpha-amylase and debranching enzyme by dual stage hydrolysis to obtain an indigestible starch syrup, and hydrogenating said syrup.

4. The coated product of claim 1 wherein the hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup contains dietary fiber in an amount of 30 to 60%.

5. The coated product of claim 1 wherein the coating is sugarless coating.

6. The coated product of claim 2 wherein the hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup is obtained by a process comprising: hydrolyzing pyrodextrin with a combination of alpha-amylase and debranching enzyme by dual stage hydrolysis to obtain an indigestible starch syrup, and hydrogenating said syrup.

7. The coated product of claim 2 wherein the hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup contains dietary fiber in an amount of 30 to 60%.

8. The coated product of claim 2 wherein the coating is sugarless coating.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK NEDERLAND", NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
Reel/Frame 032167/0538 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 5, 2010
From: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
To: COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK NEDERLAND", NEW YORK BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 025095/0013 →