Methods For Improving Taste And Oral Care Compositions With Improved Taste

Abstract

Provided herein are compositions and methods relating to oral care compositions with improved taste. One such method includes providing an oral care composition comprising a metal salt, a peroxide, an antimicrobial agent, a bad breath reduction agent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof and adding to the oral care composition a TRPV1 activator and/or vanitrope.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An oral care composition with improved taste comprising:
 a. at least about 0.003%, by weight of the composition, vanillyl butyl ether; and   b. a metal salt selected from the group consisting of zinc salt, stannous salt, potassium salt, copper salt, and mixtures thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the metal salt comprises a zinc salt comprising zinc citrate and wherein the metal salt is present in an amount from about 0.05% to about 5.0%, by weight of the oral care composition. 
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the at least about 0.006%, by weight of the composition, of vanillyl butyl ether is added. 
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the vanillyl butyl ether is present in an amount from about 0.002% to about 0.02% by weight of the oral care composition. 
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the metal salt comprises stannous salt comprising stannous fluoride. 
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 1  wherein the composition further comprises from about 5% to about 80% by weight of the oral care composition of water. 
     
     
         7 . The composition of  claim 3  further comprising cetyl pyridinium chloride. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising a peroxide selected from the group consisting hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide, calcium peroxide, sodium peroxide, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 1  further comprising a TRPV1 activator selected from the group consisting of capsaicin, capsiate, shoagol, gingerol, piperine, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising adding to the oral care composition a TRPV1 enhancer selected from the group consisting of damascone, geranyl butyrate, 2-octanone, furfural, ionone, 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, alpha dimethyl phenethyl acetate, phenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, kephalis, linalool oxide, carvyl acetate, farnesene, trans-2-hexenyl acetate, heptyl alcohol, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . An oral care composition with improved taste comprising:
 a. at least about 0.003%, by weight of the composition, vanillyl butyl ether;   b. from about 0.01% to about 0.15%, by weight of the composition, zingerone; and   c. a metal salt selected from the group consisting of zinc salt, stannous salt, potassium salt, copper salt, and mixtures thereof.   
     
     
         12 . The composition of  claim 11  wherein the vanillyl butyl ether is present in an amount from about 0.003% to about 0.025% by weight of the oral care composition. 
     
     
         13 . The composition of  claim 11  wherein the composition comprises from about 0.02% to about 0.04%, by weight of the composition, of zingerone. 
     
     
         14 . The composition of  claim 11  wherein the metal salt comprises a zinc salt comprising zinc citrate and wherein the metal salt is present in an amount from about 0.05% to about 5.0%, by weight of the oral care composition. 
     
     
         15 . The composition of  claim 11  wherein the composition further comprises from about 5% to about 80%, by weight of the oral care composition, water. 
     
     
         16 . An oral care composition with improved taste comprising:
 a. at least about 0.003%, by weight of the composition, vanillyl butyl ether;   b. vanitrope; and   c. a metal salt selected from the group consisting of zinc salt, stannous salt, potassium salt, copper salt, and mixtures thereof.   
     
     
         17 . The composition of  claim 16  wherein the composition comprises from about 0.01% to about 0.15%, by weight of the composition, vanitrope. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the composition comprises from about 0.02% to about 0.04%, by weight of the composition, of vanitrope. 
     
     
         19 . The composition of  claim 16  wherein the metal salt comprises a zinc salt comprising zinc citrate and wherein the metal salt is present in an amount from about 0.05% to about 5.0%, by weight of the oral care composition. 
     
     
         20 . The composition of  claim 16  wherein the composition further comprises from about 5% to about 80%, by weight of the oral care composition, water.