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A process of preparing flavoured chewing gumlet comprising: -mixing 20-30% by wt. gum base, 15-30% by wt. of filler and 12.5-16.5 % by wt. of dough forming medium to form a mixture, -warming said mixture at 50-80 C to soften said gum base to form dough, -adding 0.05 -0.88% by wt. of flavouring agents as herein described in said dough, -adding another 15-30% by wt. of filler and sweetening agent with menthol and mixing it for 1-2 minutes, -adding further 15-30% by wt. of filler, 0.05-0.88% by wt. flavouring agent and 3.0-8.0% by wt. of hardener in said dough, -heating said dough at 35-50 C to get a softened mass, -said softened mass is then off loaded into trays and allowed to cool to ambient temperature to obtain cooled mass, -the cooled mass is then cut into loaves of specific size and fed to extruder at temperature 35-45 C to form desired sheets of said mass, -said sheets are stored at 12-25 C and 25-40% RH for 8-24 hours before down sizing, -coating said gumlets with 0.5-2.0 % by wt. of edible adhesive gum in a sugar syrup 58-68% and drying to obtain partially coated gumlets, -finally, further coating said partially coated gumlets by sugar syrup, gum solution and flavouring agent and drying, -said coated gumlets are kept under 22-25 C and 35-45% RH for 2-4 hours and thereafter polishing said coated gumlets with a layer of wax and packing.