A METHOD FOR COATING LAYERS OF A SUGAR OR SUGARLESS SYRUP MATERIAL ON PIECES OF CONFECTIONERY MATERIAL TO FORM A CRUNCH COATING

摘要

A system and process for coating pieces or cores (120) of confectionery material, such as chewing gum, with a sugar-based coating syrup (130) or a sugarless-based coating syrup (130). The solid content of the sugar or sugarless material in the syrup solution (130) is increased, thus reducing the water content and allowing the successive coating layers to be dried more quickly. The syrup solution is maintained at an elevated temperature in order to prevent the syrup solids from precipitating or crystallizing out of solution, using heating jacket (140, 142).