| abstract |
Disclosed are stable, portable, oral care confectionery wherein the confectionery composition has a crunchy texture which acts to reinforce for the consumer the oral care benefit of the product. A crunchy, non-cariogenic oral care confectionery composition comprises: n (i) from about 0.1% to about 50%, by weight of the composition, of an oral care active selected from the group consisting of anti-calculus agents; anti-plaque agents; desensitising agents; oral malodour control agents; H2 antagonists; and mixtures thereof; n (ii) from about 0.1% to about 50%, by weight of the composition, of a solid particulate wherein the solid particulate has a particle size such that is passes through a 2000 μm mesh and is retained by a 100 μm mesh and has an aqueous solubility of at least 1 g per 100 ml at 25° C.; and n (iii) greater than about 10%, by weight of the composition, of a confectionery carrier material; n wherein compositions comprising polyphosphate with an average anion chain length of greater than or equal to 4 and having the solid particulate properties of (ii) are excluded. |