COOLING COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING MENTHYL ESTERS

• Main Authors: KIEFER, JESSE, HARVEY, JOAN, E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.04.2015
• Subjects: CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-CREAM; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATION THEREOF; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

This description provides cooling compositions that deliver a prolonged physiological cooling sensation to the skin or a mucous membrane. The cooling compositions may be present alone or in product such as a chewing gum or a confection. In some embodiments, the cooling compositions include menthyl glutarate and at least one additional cooling agent, which may be WS-3 or WS-23, and optionally menthol. The cooling compositions may be in a liquid form at room temperature.