JPH0376904B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a patterned bubble gum, and more particularly to a patterned bubble gum containing a colored material having an affinity for a bubble gum base.

[Prior art and its problems]

Several types of patterned bubble gum have been proposed in the past, which are pleasing to the eyes of consumers by scattering colored patterns on the surface when inflated. For example, the applicant's Japanese Patent Publication No. 54-
Publication No. 38189 discloses a patterned bubble gum in which the entire bubble gum is mixed with a water-insoluble and decorative colored substance such as raw silk, cotton, other vegetable fibers, gluten, animal intestines, fish scales, collagen, etc. is proposed. With this patterned bubble gum, we were able to obtain bubble gum whose pattern does not disappear during chewing, but on the other hand, as can be seen from the material of these colored substances, it gives a slightly strange feeling when chewing, that is, a foreign body sensation. There is a drawback. Also, JP-A-58-
Publication No. 134947 proposes an improvement to patterned bubble gum, in which the surface of a substance that may or may not have an affinity for the bubble gum base is coated with a layer of a hydrophobic substance to create pattern pieces; Mix and mix into bubble gum. However, the technique disclosed in this publication requires a coating step, making the entire process complicated and making it difficult to adjust the affinity by coating. Further, even if the coating is well-formed, the coating film is destroyed during chewing of the bubble gum, and the effect of creating the pattern is halved, so the technique is impractical.

Therefore, as a result of extensive research to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional technology, the present inventors have developed a method that approximates the composition of bubble gum, has an affinity for bubble gum base, and is water-insoluble. If colored chips are prepared separately and these colored chips are physically localized and distributed in the bubble gum, it is possible to create a patterned bubble gum that does not cause any discomfort during chewing and does not significantly reduce the pattern expression effect during chewing. It was discovered that it can be manufactured using a simple process.

[Purpose of the invention]

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a colored pattern material (therefore, the entire manufacturing process) without causing any discomfort during chewing, and without reducing the pattern expression effect due to mastication.
To provide a patterned bubble gum that is easy to make.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing the patterned bubble gum that is simple, that is, does not require a process of coating with a coloring substance or a process of kneading.

[Key points of the invention]

The above object, according to the present invention, provides a bubble gum comprising a base material made of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, a rubber component made of at least one of synthetic rubber and natural rubber, a wax component, and an emulsifier. This bubble gum is made by physically distributing color chips that are water-insoluble and have an affinity for the gum base, and combining them with a base material made of at least one of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum. This is achieved by comprising a rubber component made of at least one of rubber and natural rubber, a wax component, a colorant, and, if necessary, an emulsifier and a filler.

Localized distribution of color chips in bubble gum can be achieved by scattering color chips on the surface of the bubble gum, scattering color chips between layers of bubble gum sheets, taking the outer shell of bubble gum and filling the center with color chips, or by using these methods. This is done by combining. That is, operations such as kneading are avoided.

The dimensions of the color chips used are 7 to 60 meshes (0.25 to 2.83 m/m), preferably 12 to 24 meshes (0.71 to 1.41 m/m), particularly preferably about 1
It should be about m/m.

Furthermore, the color chips used are water-insoluble and have an affinity for bubble gum bases, consisting of at least one of vinyl acetate resin and up to 80 parts of ester gum, up to 65 parts by weight, and up to 15 parts of ester gum. At least one of polybutene as synthetic rubber, polyisobutylene as synthetic rubber of 5 parts or less, and natural rubber of 5 parts or less, wax of 5 to 35 parts, synthetic rubber and/or natural colorant of 0.1 to 2 parts. and 0 to 5 parts of an emulsifier.

Color chips are made by heating and melting and mixing the above-mentioned components for color chips at a temperature of 100°C to 130°C, then cooling and solidifying, and then crushing and sieving to form 7 to 60 meshes (0.25 to 2.83 m/m), preferably 12-24
It is produced by forming the mesh into particles (0.71 to 1.41 m/m), particularly preferably about 1 m/m. That is, complicated processes such as coating are not required.

Hereinafter, the production of patterned bubble gum according to the present invention will be explained in detail.

In the present invention, the composition of the bubble gum itself is not particularly critical and ingredients commonly used in the field may be appropriately blended, but due to the necessity of forming a bubble gum film and the color chips used as raw materials for colored patterns, From the viewpoint of ensuring compatibility, generally a base material made of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, a rubber component made of at least one of polybutene, polyisobutylene and natural rubber as synthetic rubber, a wax component, an emulsifier, and a filler are used. If necessary, a coloring agent can be added to color the entire bubble gum. Further, if necessary, natural resins such as chicle and dielton can be used in appropriate amounts, and of course ordinary additives such as sweeteners and flavoring agents can also be used. As a method for producing bubble gum itself using these components, any method well known in the art can be adopted, so the explanation will be omitted.

Next, the color chips to be locally distributed in the bubble gum are colored insoluble substances that have an affinity for the bubble gum base, and are basically composed of a coloring agent and a component of the gum base. The coloring agent can be a synthetic coloring agent or a natural coloring agent, or a combination thereof, and is of course one that is acceptable as a food additive. Color chip composition ingredients are generally similar to bubble gum ingredients,
It can be composed of vinyl acetate resin, ester gum, natural rubber, synthetic rubber (polybutene, polyisobutylene), wax, and an emulsifier, that is, at least one of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum.
The seed is used as a base material, and its physical properties are adjusted using a physical property adjusting agent consisting of at least one of polybutene, polyisobutylene, and natural rubber, wax, and, if necessary, an emulsifier so as to obtain a desired color chip. Vinyl acetate resin as a base material is generally 100
-800, preferably 150-500, especially 200-300, and the ester gums include purified rosin, partially or fully hydrogenated rosin, polymerized rosin,
Ester gums of dehydrozine, preferably the first two, can be used. Next, as physical property adjusting materials, natural rubber, polybutene with an average molecular weight of 500 to 5,500, preferably 800 to 1,500, and polybutene with an average molecular weight of 50,000 are used.
~400,000, preferably 50,000 to 70,000 rubber component selected from the group consisting of polyisobutylene, any wax such as animal, mineral, vegetable, or synthetic wax, preferably mineral petroleum wax, and glycerin if necessary. Any emulsifier known in the art, such as fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester, propylene glycol fatty acid ester, lecithin, sorbitan fatty acid ester, polyglycerin fatty acid ester, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, etc., and in particular glycerin fatty acid ester are blended in appropriate amounts. and use it. The usage ratios of each of these components for producing color chips are as follows: Vinyl acetate resin 0-65 parts (weight) Ester gum 0-80 Polybutene 0-15 Polyisobutylene 0-5 Natural rubber 0-5 〃 Wax 5-35 〃 Coloring agent 0.1-2 〃 Emulsifier 0-5 〃 The blending ratio of each of the above ingredients should be such that it shows compatibility with the bubble gum base, does not give a strange feeling when chewing, and is not compatible with the bubble gum base. It was selected as follows.

Color chips having the above composition can be manufactured as follows. First, the above components are put into a kneader or a general heating mixing pot and heated and melted and mixed at a temperature of 110 to 130°C. The order of addition is the one with the highest softening point, and the colorant is added last. Next, the molten mixture is taken out to conventional equipment such as a pallet, drum, or cooling conveyor, and is cooled to room temperature to solidify. The solidified colored mass is crushed with a conventional hammer-type or knife-type crusher, and colored chips of a predetermined particle size are obtained with a sieve. The particle size range is generally 7 to 60 meshes (0.25 to 2.83 m/m), preferably 12 to 24 meshes (0.71 to 1.41 m/m), particularly about 1 m/m. Therefore, in order to ensure the predetermined particle size,
Use of a pulverizer is not recommended.

The colorant used in the color chip is preferably a water-insoluble pigment, since it is mixed with the anhydride during heating and melting mixing of each component as described above.
For example, powdered pigments that develop color by dispersion (such as food pigments made into aluminum lakes) are optimal, and oil-soluble pigments are preferred because they produce dispersed color. Since the material of the color chip is anhydrous, water-soluble dyes should be avoided as they have poor color development.

Finally, according to the present invention, in order to incorporate the color chips prepared as described above into bubble gum, three steps are required according to the present invention.
There are two possible methods. That is, (1) a method in which bubble gum is sprinkled on the surface of bubble gum, (2) a method in which bubble gum is formed into a sheet, multiple sheets are laminated and colored chips are interspersed between the laminated layers, and (3) bubble gum is used as an outer shell, A method of filling the center portion with color chips, or a combination of these (1), (2), and (3) can be used. In addition to these methods, it is also within the scope of the present invention to use any method for locally distributing color chips in bubble gum. However, the color chips are adjusted to have no strange feeling and to be compatible with the bubble gum base, and because their properties are similar to the bubble gum base, mixing with a gum mixer that follows the conventional method for gum should be avoided. It is. This is because the color chips blend into the bubble gum, reducing the pattern-producing effect. Therefore, in the present invention, bubble gum itself is prepared by kneading, and color chips prepared separately from the bubble gum are locally distributed without a kneading step.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below with reference to Examples.

Example 1 Color chips were prepared using the following formulation: Vinyl acetate resin 63 parts (weight) Glycerin fatty acid ester 3 Wax 31 Polyisobutylene 3 Color pigment 0.8 Total 100.8 Each of the above components other than the pigment was heated to 100 to 130°C. Pour into a heated mixing pot and melt and mix. After stirring thoroughly, a dye is added for coloring. Next, the colored material is taken out and cooled to solidify. Finally, it is crushed in a crusher and sifted through a sieve to obtain color chips with a particle size of 12 to 24 mesh. Three colors, blue, orange, and green, were used as pigments, and the resulting color chips of each color were mixed and added to bubble gum. Ordinary uncolored bubble gum was kneaded by a conventional method and extruded from a molding machine (extruder), and then the colored chips prepared above were added to it so as to be sprinkled, and the colored chips were fixed to the bubble gum by passing through a rolling roll. Afterwards, it was cut to obtain patterned bubble gum. Furthermore, by sprinkling colored chips and rolling them one on top of the other, a patterned bubble gum in which color chips were locally distributed between multilayered bubble gum sheets was also obtained. Bubble gum with a color chip in the center was also created by extruding it into a hollow rope shape using a molding machine and filling it with color chips.

Example 2 Color titsup was created by blending below: 70 ester gum (weight) Vinyl acetate 8.5 〃 polyibuten 6 〃 polyisobtin 0.4 〃 Watsukus 11.7 〃 Glicerin fatty acid ester 0.4 Color chips were prepared by treating the ingredients in the same manner as in Example 1, and three types of patterned bubble gum were also obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

Example 3 A color chip was prepared using the following composition: Ester gum 70 parts (weight) Wax 17 Polybutene 13 Pigment 0.5 Total 100.5 A color chip was prepared using the above ingredients in the same manner as in Example 1, and Patterned bubble gum was obtained in the same manner.

When the patterned bubble gum prepared in each of the above examples was eaten as usual, there was no strange feeling and it did not blend into the gum base, and the color chips did not peel off from the gum base even after being chewed for a long time. Therefore, when it was inflated, it was observed that the colored chips were dispersed in the membrane to form a colorful pattern.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since the raw material for the color chips is selected from bubble gum raw materials, the composition has an affinity for the bubble gum base and is free from the drawbacks seen in conventional patterned bubble gum (i.e., peeling from the gum base). There is no feeling of discomfort when eating.
In other words, there is no foreign body sensation. More specifically, the following advantages are obtained by the present invention: (1) There is no discomfort when chewing bubble gum, and there is less damage to the color chips.

(2) Even when the sugar in the gum is eluted by chewing the bubble gum, leaving only the gum base, the color chips do not peel off or fall off, and the balloon sticks well to the film.

(3) Since there is little compatibility between the gum base and the color chips when the bubble gum is chewed, the effect of producing the colored pattern on the balloon does not deteriorate.

(4) The coloring process is simple as it simply involves mixing pigments; for example, JP-A-58-
Since no coating process is required as in No. 134947, the production of color chips is simple.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A base material made of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, and at least one of synthetic rubber and natural rubber.
Bubble gum is a chewing gum made by adding a sweetener to a gum base, consisting of a rubber component consisting of seeds, a wax component, and an emulsifier. Color chips are physically locally distributed, and the color chips include a base material made of at least one of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, a rubber component made of at least one of synthetic rubber and natural rubber, and a wax component. coloring agent and
A patterned bubble gum characterized by having a gum base that does not contain a sweetener and is composed of an emulsifier and a filler as necessary. 2. A patent claim in which the localized distribution of the color chips is the scattering of the color chips on the surface of the bubble gum, the scattering of the color chips between the laminated layers of bubble gum sheets, the filling of the center portion of the bubble gum as an outer shell, or a combination thereof. Patterned bubble gum as described in Scope 1. 3 The size of the color chip is 7 to 60 mesh (0.25
2.83 m/m) according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The composition of the color chip is at least one of vinyl acetate resin and 80 parts or less of ester gum, 15 parts or less of polybutene as synthetic rubber, 5 parts or less of polyisobutylene as synthetic rubber, and 5 parts or less of polyisobutylene as synthetic rubber. At least one of the following natural rubbers:
The patterned bubble gum according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising seeds, 5 to 35 parts of wax, 0.1 to 2 parts of coloring agent, and 0 to 5 parts of emulsifier. . 5 Consisting of a base material made of at least one of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, a rubber component made of at least one of synthetic rubber and natural rubber, a wax component, a coloring agent, and an emulsifier and a filler if necessary. 100% gum base without added sweeteners
Heat and melt mix at a temperature of ~130°C, then cool and solidify, then crush and sieve to create color chips of 7 to 60 meshes (0.25 to 2.83 m/m) that are water-insoluble and have an affinity for gum base. Bubble gum is a chewing gum made by adding a sweetener to a gum base consisting of a base material made of vinyl acetate resin and ester gum, a rubber component made of at least one of synthetic rubber and natural rubber, a wax component, and an emulsifier. A method for producing patterned bubble gum characterized by physically localizing the bubble gum. 6. Scatter color chips on the surface of the bubble gum,
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the color chips are locally distributed in the bubble gum by being interspersed between the laminated layers of bubble gum sheets, by filling the center portion with bubble gum as an outer shell, or by a combination thereof. 7 The size of the color chip is 7 to 60 mesh (0.25
2.83 m/m). 8 The composition of the color chip is at least one of vinyl acetate resin and 80 parts or less of ester gum, 15 parts or less of polybutene as synthetic rubber, 5 parts or less of polyisobutylene as synthetic rubber, and 5 parts or less of polyisobutylene as synthetic rubber. At least one of the following natural rubbers:
8. A method according to any of claims 5 to 7, comprising seeds, 5 to 35 parts of wax, 0.1 to 2 parts of colorant, and 0 to 5 parts of emulsifier.