STUDIES ON THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEWING GUM ENRICHED WITH THIAMINE

Abstract

Fundamental investigations were made on thiamine derivatives used for the enrichment chewing gum. Thiaminemononitrate and -propyldisulfide were recognized to be unsuitable owing of to their taste and smell. Dibenzoylthiamine also seemed to be unsuitable due to its difficult solubility in the oral cavity during chewing. Thiaminehydrochloride was more or less undesirable because of its smell. Thiaminedicetylsulfate was most suitable, since the gum enriched with the derivative had neither smell nor taste, and about 90% of thiaminedicetylsulfate in the gum could be dissolved out within 7 minutes chewing.